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• Adriana Lourina Wilhelmina Johanna Mater, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Mensink, Oldebroek († 1890)
• Aagje Jacobs Groen, Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland († 1904)
• Adriaantje Scheepvaart, Kollumerland en Nieuw Kruisland, Friesland, Netherlands
• ""JOANNES"" FRANCISCUS 2 VAN BRANDE, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1940)
• adrianus KEIZERWAARD, greup mijnsheerenland († 1890)
• Adriana Jeannette Schaap, Gorinchem
• Aaltje Mensink, Hattem
• Jongboer, Oosterbeek (Renkum), Gelderland, Nederland († 1980)
• Aagje Groen, Egmond aan Zee, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1904)

• Amelia Louagie (89), Staden (B), 8840
• Aart van der Mijden (45), Giessen-Nieuwkerk
• Adriaan van Rooij (71), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Bos (66), Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland
• Massey (0), Kansas, United States
• Adriana Rost (71), Mijdrecht
• Albert Hattums van den Berg (70), Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands
• Amelie Louagie (89), Staden
• Abram Hubertus van Dillen (57), Gouda
• Aart Bos (66), Zwollerkerspel

• 1884 » Ramchandra Shukla, Indian historian and author († 1941)
• 1888 » Lucy Tayiah Eads, American tribal chief († 1961)
• 1888 » Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater († 1954)
• 1890 » Alan L. Hart, American physician and author († 1962)
• 1890 » Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish writer and journalist († 1945)
• 1892 » Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian soldier and politician, 14th Federal Chancellor of Austria († 1934)
• 1892 » Hermann Glauert, English aerodynamicist and author († 1934)
• 1892 » Robert Lawson, American author and illustrator († 1957)
• 1895 » Buster Keaton, American film actor, director, and producer († 1966)
• 1895 » Richard Sorge, German journalist and spy († 1944)

• 1852 » James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)
• 1859 » Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (b. 1801)
• 1864 » Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)
• 1867 » Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1871 » Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)
• 1890 » Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1903 » Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)
• 1904 » Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
• 1904 » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)
• 1910 » Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1850)

• 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 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
• May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
• 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 October 4, 1889 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.