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• Arendje Vijfvinkel, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barteld Henderikus van Heuveln, Slochteren († 1929)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Welling, Zevenaar, Nederland
• Andrzej Kwasny, Poland († 1943)
• Adolf Johan Schuurman, Deventer († 1970)
• Antje Geertsema, Vlagtwedde
• Alphonsus Gisbertus Ilsbroeks, Alken, België
• Aukje Blanksma, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1955)
• Adriana Holleman, Nieuwe-Tonge
• Anna Berthine Sogge, Jackson County MN († 1943)

• Adrianus Groenen (0), Tilburg Nederland
• Albert SCHILDER (2)
• anna LIENARD (23), La Bouverie (Belgium)
• Alle van der Zande (56), Delfstrahuizen, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida de Groot (64), Utrecht, UTR, Nederland
• Adrianus Groenen (0), Tilburg, Nederland
• Abraham Samuel Compagnon (42), Rotterdam
• Abigaël Roelse (0), Domburg
• Abraham Samuel Campignon (84), Rotterdam, Government of Rotterdam, South Holland
• Abraham Slabbekoorde (Slabbekoorn, Slabbekoorne) (47), Kapelle (ZB)

• 1881 » Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect († 1948)
• 1886 » Ben Travers, English author and playwright († 1980)
• 1886 » Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer († 1975)
• 1889 » DeWitt Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest († 1981)
• 1890 » Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater († 1974)
• 1892 » Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor († 1958)
• 1894 » Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist († 1976)
• 1895 » Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Spanish tennis player († 1984)
• 1895 » Nima Yooshij, Iranian poet and academic († 1960)
• 1896 » Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and author († 1987)

• 1836 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)
• 1847 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)
• 1865 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)

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 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
• January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
• 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.
• 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 November 12, 1889 was about 1.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.