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• Aaltje Helderman, Kampen
• Aafje van Bree, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Alida Anna den Hollander, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Adriana Jongepier, Rotterdam († 1890)
• - van 't Hekke, Brummen († 1889)
• Alida Anna den Hollander, Wassenaar, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alida BOS, Vrijenban, ZH, Nederland
• de Pijper, heenvliet († 1889)
• Amelia Maria Aerts, Kessel, België († 1977)
• Meesters, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1889)

• Aris Maanen, van (71), Velp gem. Rheden Gld. NL
• ?? Alders (0), Rotterdam
• Aris van Manen (71), Velp
• Anna Wilhelmina Schulze Bockholt (Beckholt) (65), Roxel
• Barendina Gerritsen (4), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aletta Johanna Alberta van Rossem (67), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrina Cornelia Dekker (16)
• Antonia Gottschalk (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Meeuwes (66), Turnhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Arie Hoeijmans (3), Herpt en Bern

• 1883 » Alexander Neill, Scottish educator († 1973)
• 1883 » Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler († 1966)
• 1886 » Spring Byington, American actress († 1971)
• 1889 » Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author († 1988)
• 1890 » Roy Kilner, English cricketer († 1928)
• 1892 » Herbert Howells, English organist, composer, and educator († 1983)
• 1892 » Theodor Eicke, German SS general († 1943)
• 1893 » Raffaele Bendandi, Italian clockmaker and seismologist († 1979)
• 1894 » Pablo de Rokha, Chilean poet († 1968)
• 1894 » Prince René, Italian Prince of Denmark († 1962)

• 1849 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)

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.
• February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
• November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
• November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.

The temperature on October 17, 1889 was about 11.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.