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• Adrianus Jaspers, Etten-Leur
• Adriaantje Burggraaf, Zegveld (UT NL) († 1938)
• Drs. Jan Willem Van Dalfsen, Amsterdam († 1965)
• Alida Johanna Siebers, Beverwijk († 1964)
• Adriana,Nicolasina van Gestel
• Alice Victory, Michigan († 1970)
• * Adriana Nicolasina van Gestel, Tilburg († 1972)
• Alida Johanna Siebers, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Van Laer, Bornem († 1889)
• Albertus Nijenhuis, Norg, Drenthe, Nederland († 1961)

• Adriana van den Bergh (59), Wuustwezel, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Ann (Anna) HART (83), Somerset East
• Boshart (0), Hellevoesluis
• * Anna Maria Musch (43), Vlijmen
• Auguste Marie Sinnaeve (0), Koekelare, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Adriaan Pols (81)
• Anna Geertruida Evers (0), Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aloisia Hetterscheid (84), Zevenaar (Gl)
• Arie Roos (18), Noordzee
• Abraham Snow (88)

• 1887 » Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician († 1976)
• 1890 » Rupert Balfe, Australian footballer and lieutenant († 1915)
• 1890 » Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs († 1986)
• 1891 » José P. Laurel, Filipino lawyer, politician and President of the Philippines († 1959)
• 1892 » Mátyás Rákosi, Hungarian politician († 1971)
• 1892 » Vita Sackville-West, English author, poet, and gardener († 1962)
• 1902 » Will Geer, American actor († 1978)
• 1904 » Paul Wilbur Klipsch, American soldier and engineer, founded Klipsch Audio Technologies († 2002)
• 1910 » Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer († 1981)
• 1911 » Clara Rockmore, American classical violin prodigy and theremin player, († 1998)

• 1847 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (b. 1777)
• 1888 » William I, German Emperor (b. 1797)
• 1895 » Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian journalist and author (b. 1836)
• 1897 » Sondre Norheim, Norwegian-American skier (b. 1825)
• 1918 » Frank Wedekind, German author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)

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 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
• January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

The temperature on March 9, 1889 was about 4.7 °C. The air pressure was 86 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.