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• Alphonsus Coomans, Tessenderlo, 3980, België
• Adriana Maria van Helden, Almkerk, Woudrichem, North Brabant, The Netherlands († 1957)
• Aart Raams, Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria van de Ven, Uden († 1971)
• Arie van Zanten, Kedichem († 1889)
• Angelie Schippers, Luiksgestel
• Angeli Schippers, Luyksgestel, Bergeyk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1971)
• adolphine omérine hélène PUTSAGE, Quaregnon (Belgium)
• Ahna van der Molen († 1964)
• Aaltje Reijmerink, Enschede († 1966)

• Antonia neeltje de Jager (0), Lekkerkerk
• Alberdina ten Kate (Cate) (2), Zaandam {NH}
• Aaltje Zacharias Heikens (78), Groningen
• Matthijsse, Brouwershaven
• Anna Bakker (64), Venhuizen
• Adriana Claris (80), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Amedée Pierre Henri Kloosterhuis (50), Amsterdam
• Adriaantje Groen (57), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Bastiaan Snoek (64), Sliedrecht, Zh.nld
• Antje Broeërs HELMUS (88), Grijpskerk, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland

• 1882 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright († 1956)
• 1886 » Clara Nordström, Swedish-German author and translator († 1962)
• 1888 » Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot († 1989)
• 1892 » Bill Meanix, American hurdler and coach († 1957)
• 1892 » Oliver Hardy, American actor and comedian († 1957)
• 1892 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic († 1956)
• 1893 » Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet, critic, and academic († 1984)
• 1894 » Toots Mondt, American wrestler and promoter († 1976)
• 1896 » C. M. Eddy Jr., American author († 1967)
• 1896 » Ville Ritola, Finnish-American runner († 1982)

• 1849 » Panoutsos Notaras, Greek politician (b. 1752)
• 1862 » John Tyler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 » Edward Bulwer-Lytton, English author, poet, playwright, and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1803)
• 1878 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and academic (b. 1788)
• 1886 » Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (b. 1819)
• 1892 » Anton Anderledy, Swiss religious leader, 23rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 » Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

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.
• January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
• 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 18, 1889 was about 3.1 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.