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• Adriana GLAVIMANS, Sprang
• Adrianus Cornelis Blijdorp, Rijswijk († 1889)
• Adriana van Tilburg, Dinteloord († 1974)
• Aaltje Draaisma, Winsum, Nederland († 1964)
• Aede Hiddes Boersma, Ried
• Aaldrik Arend Boek, Alkmaar († 1961)
• Aaltje Hazelaar, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1936)
• Adriana Glavimans, Sprang
• Alberdina Alida Feijen, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Alida Hendrika van Rutten, Delft († 1955)

• Anna Maria Mortier (75), Arnhem
• Anna Christiana Madarasz (71), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Claessen (76), Melick
• Aaldert van Oosterom (79), Nieuwveen
• Albertina Ruijs (60), Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart VERHOEVEN (80), Almkerk en Uitwijk, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• te Goorhuis (0), Neede
• Aalbert Oosterom (79), Nieuwpoort
• Aaltje Lamberts Nijmeijer (67), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1882 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter († 1930)
• 1884 » Texas Guinan, American entertainer and bootlegger († 1933)
• 1889 » Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader († 1965)
• 1890 » Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician († 1946)
• 1892 » Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Russian Aircraft Corporation († 1976)
• 1893 » Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian-German architect and politician, Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories († 1946)
• 1893 » Hermann Göring, German commander, pilot, and politician, Minister President of Prussia († 1946)
• 1894 » Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor († 1975)
• 1895 » Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic († 1959)
• 1896 » David Wechsler, Romanian-American psychologist and author († 1981)

• 1856 » Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (b. 1815)
• 1861 » Václav Hanka, Czech philologist and author (b. 1791)
• 1892 » James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1820)
• 1892 » William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)

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.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• 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.
• November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The temperature on January 12, 1889 was about -1.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.