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• Annechien Moek, Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland († 1980)
• Amber Clair Mendenhall († 1891)
• Anna Maria Didderiens, Thorn
• Anna Christine Folkerts, Veenhusen († 1890)
• Anna Margaretha van Leeuwen, Amsterdam
• Alexander Steenbeek, Amersfoort
• Emerentie Bleijenberg, IJsselstein
• Antonia Bus
• Aartje Schenk, Elburg († 1892)
• de Laat, Loon op Zand

• Agnes Elisabeth Clara Versteegh (46), Taormina, Italië
• Adriana Broere (0), Abcoude-Baambrugge, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Moerland (70), Zonnemaire gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zl. NL
• Albert Geertman (2), Hardenberg, aan 't Kanaal
• Agatha Feddriks Hiemstra (71), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Sophia TIJS (36), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Klarenbeek (71), Utrecht
• Aaltjen Voortman (1), Rijssen
• Aagtje Bartolomeusdr Smidt (56), Noord Scharwoude, Noord Holland
• Allertje Jacobs Regeling (54), Sint Johannesga

• 1881 » Octavian Goga, Romanian Prime Minister († 1938)
• 1883 » Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director († 1976)
• 1883 » Laurette Taylor, Irish-American actress († 1946)
• 1883 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1930)
• 1885 » Clementine Churchill, English wife of Winston Churchill († 1977)
• 1885 » Wallace Beery, American actor († 1949)
• 1889 » K. B. Hedgewar, Indian physician and activist († 1940)
• 1893 » Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-English actress († 1980)
• 1895 » Alberta Hunter, African-American singer-songwriter and nurse († 1984)
• 1898 » William James Sidis, Ukrainian-Russian Jewish American mathematician, anthropologist, and historian († 1944)

• 1865 » Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)
• 1872 » Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (b. 1805)
• 1878 » John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
• 1890 » David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1917 » Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Charles I, emperor of Austria (b. 1887)

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.
• February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
• August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
• September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.

The temperature on April 1, 1889 was about 4.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.