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• Agatha Klazina Brons, Vlaardingen
• Alberdina de Weerd, Heerde (buurtschap Horsthoek) († 1890)
• Alois Joseph Pollet, Lichtervelde,8810,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1966)
• Anna Dorothea Cornelia Fenenga, Amsterdam († 1972)
• Adriana Cornelia Steenvoort, Barwoutswaarder, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Rüdiger, Hamm
• Aaltje Josephina van Rooijen, Zwolle, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1912)
• Aleida Johanna Horstik, Pol († 1889)
• Aagje Paulus Kingma
• Adolf Herman Eichler, Schweidner (Dl)

• Antonius Klumper (4), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Stoevenbelt (61), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gevelaar (32), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Knippels (3), Drunen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltjen Stoevenbelt (61), Deventer
• Alexander Tanchem-Tanchom LEVIE (79), Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriana Ingelse (29), Lima, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Aaltjen STOEVENBELD (61), Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje de Porto (36), Den Helder
• Anna Elizabeth de Hooge (2), Rotterdam

• 1880 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1942)
• 1882 » Albert Coates, English composer and conductor († 1953)
• 1888 » Georges Vanier, Canadian general and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada († 1967)
• 1889 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral († 1942)
• 1893 » Frank Borzage, American actor and director († 1952)
• 1895 » Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author and director († 1982)
• 1897 » Folke Jansson, American general († 1965)
• 1897 » Lester B. Pearson, Canadian historian and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1898 » Lucius D. Clay, American general († 1978)
• 1899 » Bertil Ohlin, Swedish economist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)

• 1827 » Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
• 1839 » Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin, French admiral and explorer (b. 1768)
• 1850 » William Wordsworth, English poet and author (b. 1770)
• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)

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.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• 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."
• November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The temperature on April 23, 1889 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%.