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• Anna Helena Robben, Dünenburg
• Aafke Westra, Metslawier, Nederland
• Alicia Kesteloot, Izegem († 1939)
• Anje Veentjer, Slochteren (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1898)
• Aleida Eulderink, Hengelo († 1890)
• Anna Maria Jacobs, Tegelen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1916)
• Andrew Clark Goates, Pumpkin Center, Brown, Texas, United States († 1923)
• Adrianus Vergouw, Amsterdam († 1972)
• Anna Verhaagen, Rotterdam
• Albert Melville Bodden, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands († 1951)

• Arie Zuidwijk (76), Rijswijk
• Abraham de Ridder (68), Retranchement
• Anne Beeson Lewis (85), Sonoraville, Gordon County, Georgia, United States of America
• Aaltjen Agterkamp (1), Linde (Vorden)
• Antonij Segveld (67), Renkum
• Abraham Werner. (68), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Arijsz Noorthoek (67), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Broers (72), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord Brabant
• Adrianus (Arie) Zuidwijk (75), Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij Noordhoek (67), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1880 » Sholem Asch, Polish-American author and playwright († 1957)
• 1881 » Perikles Ioannidis, Greek admiral († 1965)
• 1886 » Hermann Broch, Austrian-American author and poet († 1951)
• 1886 » Sakutarō Hagiwara, Japanese poet and critic († 1942)
• 1887 » L.S. Lowry, English painter and illustrator († 1976)
• 1888 » George Kenner, German-American painter and illustrator († 1971)
• 1888 » Michał Sopoćko, Polish cleric and academic († 1975)
• 1889 » Hannah Höch, German painter and photographer († 1978)
• 1889 » Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)
• 1896 » Edmund Blunden, English author, poet, and critic († 1974)

• 1888 » Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer and explorer (b. 1838)
• 1894 » Alexander III of Russia (b. 1845)
• 1903 » Theodor Mommsen, German archaeologist, journalist, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1817)
• 1907 » Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (b. 1873)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (b. 1884)

• 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 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• 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.

The temperature on November 1, 1889 was about 7.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.