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• Adrianus Johannes de Graaf, Roosendaal en Nispen (NL) († 1890)
• Adriana van TILBURG, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1931)
• Agnes Lafleur, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland († 1891)
• Alida van Papenvelt, Dordrecht († 1890)
• Agatha Christofflina Revier, Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1961)
• Albert Nölling, Erkrath († 1958)
• Adrianus Goedhart, Sliedrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• DRAAISMA, Deventer († 1889)
• Adolph Kukler, Leiden († 1972)
• Adriana Valkenburg, 's-Gravenhage

• Adriana de Hamer (48), Nieuw-en Sint Joosland
• Antonie Beljaars (Beljaers) (0), Zevenbergen, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van Haasteren (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Sarah Koch (27), Kansas, United States
• Arie van der Graaf (63), Krimpen aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Pauline" Françoise Cauvel de Carouge (89), Montdidier, Somme, France
• Anna Honing (56), Texel
• Anna Honig (56), Schermerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Hendrikus Hofhuis (0), Raalte
• Anna Catharina van Vugt (37), Baarle-Nassau

• 1880 » Gertrude Rush, American lawyer and jurist († 1962)
• 1880 » Ruth Sawyer, American author and educator († 1970)
• 1882 » Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor († 1962)
• 1887 » Reginald Owen, English-American actor and singer († 1972)
• 1889 » Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet († 1973)
• 1890 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director († 1956)
• 1890 » Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor († 1977)
• 1897 » Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician († 1972)
• 1897 » Roberta Dodd Crawford, American soprano and educator († 1954)
• 1900 » Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, classical philologist and translator († 1988)

• 1868 » Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 » Robert Williams (known as Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1881 » Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
• 1895 » Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1901 » Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1904 » George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)

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.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
• November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
• 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 August 5, 1889 was about 21.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.