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• Adriana Huybregtse, Middelburg
• Aaltje Monnee, Kralingen († 1889)
• Adriana Huijbregtse, Middelburg († 1985)
• Adriana Gerharda Ockerse, Pretoria (Transvaal) († 1976)
• Aaldert Mulder, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Benedictus, Oostermeer († 1889)
• Aaltje van Hooijdonk, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Albarta Kamphorst, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1893)
• Aartje Elmendorp, Renkum, Nederland, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hubertus van Hooijdonk, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Annigje van Tienderen (24), maasdam
• Andries Dekker (10), Oude Niedorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Reethorst (Reithorst) (81), Putten
• Angus McInnis (55), Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
• Amelia Debels (79), Meulebeke, Belgium
• Anthonette van der Elst (1), Klundert, Nederland
• Anna Krijnes Wildeboer (79), Scheemda, Nederland
• Adriaan van Eerd (78), Budel, Nederland
• Aaltje Lieuwes van der Pal (72), Workum, 8711, Nederland
• Alexander Robertson (59), Bobcageon, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada

• 1877 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and author († 1904)
• 1881 » Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service († 1965)
• 1887 » Joseph Bech, Luxembourgian lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1975)
• 1887 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic († 1947)
• 1888 » Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1969)
• 1890 » Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist († 1962)
• 1891 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic († 1965)
• 1893 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist († 1965)
• 1899 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author († 1954)
• 1900 » Ruth Clifford, American actress († 1998)

• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
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.
• March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
• 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 February 17, 1889 was about 7.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.