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• VERHEYEN NATHALIE, ST. JANS MOLENBEEK († 1975)
• Albert Kornelis Selen, Meerdonk, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1979)
• Ebo († 1986)
• Adolphine Josephine Germine Dinsbach, Modjokerto, Soerabaja
• Albert Lamain, Muntendam (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1955)
• Alberdina Johanna Boerkamp, Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1932)
• Aafje Flier, Vleuten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelius Joseph van Hoof, Tilburg († 1958)
• Alberta Dijkshoorn, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Albertus Langendijk, Nieuwer-Amstel (Amstelveen), Noord Holland, Nederland

• Barbara Demeij (82), Wingene, Belgium
• Adrianus Koffyberg (46), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij Winkelhorst (48), Aalten, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Belle Epperson (30), Gibson County, Indiana
• Adrianus van Laerhoven (27)
• Adrianus Koffijberg (46), Rotterdam
• ?? Verbeek (0), Delft
• Albertus Hogedoorn (14), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Jans Boerma (86), Groningen
• Abraham van Duijn (0), Rotterdam

• 1884 » Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company († 1949)
• 1887 » Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral († 1945)
• 1888 » Georgios Stanotas, Greek general († 1965)
• 1888 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand rifle († 1974)
• 1889 » Charles Bickford, American actor († 1967)
• 1890 » Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic († 1966)
• 1891 » Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan († 1969)
• 1892 » Mahadev Desai, Indian author and activist († 1942)
• 1892 » Manuel Roxas, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines († 1948)
• 1893 » Mordechai Frizis, Greek colonel († 1940)

• 1853 » Gregory Blaxland, Australian farmer and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1862 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1881 » Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)

• 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.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
• July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
• 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 January 1, 1889 was about -2.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.