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• Adriaan Dubbelman, Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland († 1962)
• Abraham Cornelis van El, Amersfoort
• Abbie Mae McDonald, Blue Ridge, Collin Co, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• Albert James Stockley, Helmdon, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England († 1974)
• Albertus Eskes, Steenderen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1922)
• "Gradus" Gerardus Reinerus Duits, Babberich († 1963)
• "Thérèse" Marie Philomène Camille Chantal Henriette Ghislaine du Chastel de La Howarderie, Paris († 1924)
• Alfred Christian Velte
• Alida Expeels, Beernem (W-VL) België († 1976)
• Alexander van Rusland, Tashkent († 1957)

• Annigjen Jaspers (65), De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertina Reynders (65), Tessenderlo, België
• Anna Mechtilde Muijres (82), Echt
• Adriana ♀ Perdaems (36), Nieuw Vossemeer
• Adriana Perdaems (36), Nieuw-Vosmeer
• Antonetta Hermina STEMPHER (4), Deventer
• Anna Marie Kuhn (47), California, United States
• Adriaantje Anna de Jongh (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adriana van Teijlingen (31)
• Adriaan Cornelis Stoutjesdijk (6), Stavenisse

• 1886 » René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author († 1951)
• 1887 » Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter and educator († 1986)
• 1887 » Marianne Moore, American poet, critic, and translator († 1972)
• 1888 » Artie Matthews, American pianist and composer († 1958)
• 1890 » Richmal Crompton, English author and educator († 1969)
• 1891 » Erwin Rommel, German field marshal († 1944)
• 1891 » W. Averell Harriman, American businessman and politician, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce († 1986)
• 1892 » Naomi Childers, American actress († 1964)
• 1895 » Antoni Słonimski, Polish journalist, poet, and playwright († 1976)
• 1895 » Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia († 1918)

• 1892 » Thomas Neill Cream, Scottish-Canadian serial killer (b. 1850)
• 1897 » Alfred Kennerley, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1810)
• 1908 » Cixi, China empress dowager and regent (b. 1835)
• 1910 » Wilhelm Raabe, German author (b. 1831)
• 1916 » Henryk Sienkiewicz, Polish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1917 » Émile Durkheim, French sociologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1919 » Alfred Werner, French-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1919 » Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Polish-Russian engineer, electrician, and inventor (b. 1862)
• 1919 » Mohammad Farid, Egyptian lawyer and politician (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1866)

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.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
• 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.
• August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.

The temperature on November 15, 1889 was about 5.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.