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• Albertus Marinus († 1893)
• Adriana Lepelaar, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1959)
• Alberta Maria (Berta) Hazekamp, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert van Velden, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hubertus Meulkens, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus van der Meij, Zutphen († 1964)
• Alphonse Joseph Stevens, Brugge,, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1962)
• Alfred Michaelis, Kaliningrad († 1943)
• Andries Dorland, Utrecht († 1967)
• Alida Maria VERFAILLIE, Passendale

• Anastacio HERNANDEZ (61), Nochistlán de Mejía, Zacatecas, Mexico
• Antonia Louisa Catharina Krijnen (52), Geertruidenberg
• Antje Winnips (70), Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia KRIJNEN (52), Geertruidenberg, 3580, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alberdina Lubbers (2), Dalfsen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Louisa Catharina Krijnen (52), Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Arendje Schreur (42), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Netherlands(Ter Arlo)
• Antonetta WILLEMS (70), Mill en Sint Hubert
• Buners (0), Lonneker, 7524, Nederland
• ?? van den Berg (0), Vrijenban

• 1883 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach († 1972)
• 1888 » Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan pianist and composer († 1957)
• 1889 » Dietrich Kraiß, German general († 1944)
• 1889 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright († 1961)
• 1890 » Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of the Philippines († 1956)
• 1892 » Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet († 1978)
• 1892 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1953)
• 1894 » Bobby Cruickshank, American golfer († 1975)
• 1894 » Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Austrian philosopher and politician († 1972)
• 1895 » Paul Hindemith, German violinist, composer, and conductor († 1963)

• 1878 » Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1874)
• 1884 » František Chvostek, Czech-Austrian soldier and physician (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Louis Riel, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (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.
• 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 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• 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 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

The temperature on November 16, 1889 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.