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• Antonius Koks, Vlijmen († 1890)
• Annaatje David Soesan, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1890)
• Antoinette Maria Cunera Hetterscheid, Zevenaar, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland († 1919)
• Anna Helene REINS, Wiefelstede, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Adriana Wilhelmina de Haan, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Henderika Van der Laan, Smilde, Drenthe, Netherlands(Hijkersmilde)
• Amanda Neal Dye Wade, South Carolina († 1978)
• Aaltje De Vos, Oenkerk
• Annigje Essen, Amsterdam († 1962)
• Anna Maria Keustermans, Minderhout (B.)

• Antonetta van Bakel (21), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Abrahanna Willemina Kappers, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Mommen (78), Kozen (B)
• Abraham Schakenbos (77), Alkemade
• Antje Klazes Visser (17), Wirdum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Wilhelmina Petronella Waas (0), Raamdonksveer
• Abraham (Abram) Schakenbos (77), Alkemade, ZH, Nederland
• Antje Jurjens Schuur (94), Noordbroek
• Aartje Theodora van den Brandhof (65), Den Haag
• Amanda Layton (24), Pennsylvania

• 1877 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman († 1943)
• 1878 » Augustus Goessling, American swimmer and water polo player († 1963)
• 1878 » Grace Abbott, American social worker († 1939)
• 1886 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant († 1967)
• 1887 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal († 1976)
• 1891 » Lester Allen, American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director († 1949)
• 1895 » Gregorio López, Mexican journalist, author, and poet († 1966)
• 1896 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher († 1934)
• 1897 » Frank Fay, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1961)
• 1899 » Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American engineer († 1971)

• 1865 » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)
• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)

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 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.

The temperature on November 17, 1889 was about 8.5 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.