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• Anna Maria Elisabeth VAN KUIJK, Rotterdam
• Abraham Marinus Leenhouts, Biervliet, Zeeland, NL († 1889)
• Anna Francisca Voeten geb Versteylen, Antwerpen (B) († 1959)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth van Kuijk, Rotterdam
• Albertus Hiddes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Adriaantje de Jong, Katwijk († 1976)
• Boon, Beusichem (Buren) (GL) († 1889)
• Adriana Boer, Gouderak
• Alma STOPFORD († 1982)
• van Erven, Goirle

• Aartje Riphagen (74), Epe
• Aafje Broersen (25), Harenkarspel
• Anne Geertruij ter Huurne (75), Haaksbergen
• Geertruida Hajo (Haijes)(Haijoos) Knijpenga (83), Tjamsweer
• Derk Pothoff (77), Groningen
• Anna Geertruij ter HUURNE (75), Haaksbergen,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth de Gruyter (92), Geldrop
• Anthonius Wilhelmus Hackert (0), Delft
• Arend Stam (39), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Klaas Nijboer (61), Bendersche, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1886 » Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1887 » Jean-Henri Humbert, French botanist († 1967)
• 1888 » Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company († 1958)
• 1888 » Vicki Baum, Austrian author and screenwriter († 1960)
• 1889 » Charles Hawes, American historian and author († 1923)
• 1889 » Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, German general of paratroop forces during World War II († 1968)
• 1889 » Victor Eftimiu, Romanian poet and playwright († 1972)
• 1891 » Walter Model, German field marshal († 1945)
• 1892 » Franz Aigner, Austrian weightlifter († 1970)
• 1895 » Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter († 1976)

• 1877 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
• 1881 » James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
• 1883 » Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
• 1895 » Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Adriana
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Wilhelmina
9. Catharina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Neeltje
15. Trijntje
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
• November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
• November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
• November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

The temperature on January 24, 1889 was about 3.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.