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• Petronella Bloks, Heesch († 1919)
• Annie Francis Morse, Newbury Port
• Aaltje Watermulder, Groningen, Nederland († 1956)
• Aaltje Horring, Emmen
• Anna Maria Catharina Klercks († 1952)
• Alphonsine Françoise MEYSMANS, Zemst (B)
• Aaltje Hendriks van der Veen, Kooten († 1962)
• Albert Stins, Oudkarspel, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Veldhuis, Heerde († 1890)
• Vonk, Pijnacker, 2641, Nederland († 1889)

• Anna Head (82), North Salem, Linn, Missouri, United States
• Anna Moors (71), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Nijssen (88), Grevenbicht, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Baelde (35), Medan (Sumatera, Indonesia)
• Aaltje Snijder (69), Urk
• Anna Anne Moors (74), Bergen op Zoom
• Anna Cornelia van den Berg (87), Huijbergen, Nederland
• Anna ROOIJAKKERS (70), Zesgehuchten
• Adriaan Hubregtse (60), Middelburg
• , Bloemendaal, Nederland

• 1885 » Duncan Grant, British painter and designer († 1978)
• 1885 » Harold A. Wilson, English runner († 1932)
• 1885 » Umberto Nobile, Italian engineer and explorer († 1978)
• 1886 » John M. Stahl, American director and producer († 1950)
• 1887 » Ernest Holmes, American New Thought writer († 1960)
• 1887 » Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player († 1926)
• 1887 » Wolfgang Köhler, German psychologist and phenomenologist († 1967)
• 1889 » Pitirim Sorokin, American sociologist and political activist († 1968)
• 1891 » Albert Battel, German Army lieutenant and lawyer († 1952)
• 1891 » Francisco Lázaro, Portuguese marathon runner († 1912)

• 1862 » Božena Němcová, Austrian-Czech author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1870 » Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1812)
• 1872 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (b. 1791)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)

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.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• 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 21, 1889 was about 2.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.