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• Adolph Sommerfeldt, Korist Volhynia Belarus
• Adriana Dirven, Ginneken, Breda, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Adolfina Jalink, Hengelo († 1891)
• Adriana Allegonda Zijlmans, Raamsdonkveer († 1890)
• Adriana Elisabeth Sprangers, Princenhage († 1979)
• van Holstein († 1952)
• van Gompel, Reusel
• Albert Draaijer, Heerde,Gemeente Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1978)
• Adriana Dirven, Ginneken, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Aaltje Diedertsd SCHILSTRA, Friesland, Nederland († 1964)

• Anna Johanna de Rijk (14), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Antonius Franciscus Aloysius Kagie (25), den haag
• Caroline Frederike Charlotte Frommel (67), Darmstadt, Hessen
• Anna Maria Gelissen (57), Stein,, Limburg, Nederland
• Benjamin F Field (57), Galatia, Saline, Illinios
• (l.l.) Post (0), Oldebroek
• Adrianus De Ceulaerde (0), Borgerhout
• Albert Klomp (4), Pesse (Ruinen)
• Catharina Backx (79), Princenhage, Gemeente Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Josephine Pingel (29), Cinque Hommes Township, Perry, Missouri, The United States of America

• 1883 » P Moe Nin, Burmese author and translator († 1940)
• 1884 » James Elroy Flecker, English author, poet, and playwright († 1915)
• 1885 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher († 1981)
• 1886 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general († 1961)
• 1887 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator († 1961)
• 1890 » Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter and illustrator († 1977)
• 1892 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist († 1964)
• 1892 » John Alcock, captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force († 1919)
• 1893 » Raymond Loewy, French-American engineer and designer († 1986)
• 1894 » Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician († 1960)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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.
• May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
• November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

The temperature on November 5, 1889 was about 10.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.