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• Adriaan van Gurp, Vlijmen († 1950)
• Aaltje Kramer, Urk, Nederland († 1971)
• Alfonsus Josephus Maria SWEETLOVE, Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Alida Helena Timmers, Haarlem († 1972)
• Alberta Christina van Gelderen, Geldermalsen
• Derk Loorbach, Veendam († 1889)
• AALTJE DE VRIES, WIERINGEN († 1963)
• Alphonsus Jacobus Hermans, Hengstdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Gurp, Vlijmen
• Anna Visser, Holland († 1971)

• Agatha Bijwaard (76), Zijpe, Nederland
• Adriana Zeelenberg (1), Delft
• Aart van de Bunt (67), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Antje Harmens Punter (1), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Helena Mennen (0), Roggel
• Anna van Katwijk (0), Rotterdam
• Adriana Maria Sorber (42), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Vinckx Gerardina (81), Baarle-Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ariaantje POST (29), Urk, Flevoland, Nederland
• Anna Theresa Sonneville (50), Klerken

• 1882 » Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mob boss († 1957)
• 1883 » Enoch L. Johnson, American mob boss († 1968)
• 1883 » Forrest Wilson, American journalist and author († 1942)
• 1888 » Lead Belly, American folk/blues musician and songwriter († 1949)
• 1889 » Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer and businessman, founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company († 1969)
• 1891 » Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist († 1967)
• 1893 » Georg Åberg, Swedish triple jumper († 1946)
• 1894 » Harold Gray, American cartoonist, created Little Orphan Annie († 1968)
• 1894 » Walter Piston, American composer, theorist, and academic († 1976)
• 1895 » Gábor Szegő, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1985)

• 1873 » Basil Moreau, French priest, founded the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
• 1875 » Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1891 » Kalākaua, king of Hawaii (b. 1836)
• 1900 » John Ruskin, English painter and critic (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer, invented the Gramme machine (b. 1826)
• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
• 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
• 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1915 » Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)

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 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
• May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
• September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.

The temperature on January 20, 1889 was about 6.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.