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• Jacobje Eerenstein, Nieuwbuinen Borger Drenthe († 1908)
• Albert Tien Fo Calor, Paramaribo, Suriname († 1948)
• Albert Pilon
• Adah Mae Caldwell, Bay City, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1976)
• Anna Geertruida Visser, Huizen († 1958)
• Adriana Geuze, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland († 1889)
• Alphons Woumans (Waumans), Steneke (België)
• Anna De Groot, 's Hertogenbosch, Nrd Br., NL († 1959)
• Adriana Johanna Eblie, Gemeente Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Pronk, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland

• Anna Cornelia Dickens (77), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Adriana van Alphen (7), Ginneken en Bavel
• Anna Maria de Jong (82), Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anne Talma (0)
• Anthonius Rutting (3), Utrecht, 3511, Nederland
• Aart Vaarkamp (27), Leusden
• Aalberta Clemens (1), Geldermalsen
• Beatrice Elizabeth Bradney
• Adriana Baltina de Wit (47), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Rutting (3), Utrecht

• 1881 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player († 1955)
• 1884 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor († 1916)
• 1886 » David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel († 1973)
• 1888 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1888 » Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling († 1979)
• 1890 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint († 1902)
• 1890 » Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance († 1922)
• 1890 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director († 1975)
• 1897 » Louis de Cazenave, French soldier († 2008)
• 1898 » William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist († 1980)

• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)

• 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.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
• September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. 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 October 16, 1889 was about 13.7 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.