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• Adriana Christina van Loenhout, Oerle (gemeente Veldhoven)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Gieles, Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Abel Kamp, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1962)
• Aldegonda Besselaar, van de, Tilburg
• Adrianus Cornelis GROENENBERG, Dordrecht († 1981)
• Adrianus Sabee, Utrecht
• Aletta Wilhelmina van der Beek, Almkerk (Altena), Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Alexander Joseph Maria Moormann ongehuwd, Blitar, Kedir, Nederlansch Indie († 1903)
• adrianus cornelis GROENENBERG, dordrecht († 1981)
• Ankelina van der Woude, Oldemarkt († 1968)

• Adrianus Hillebrink (0), Breukelen-Nijenrode
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Eijssens (57), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Annetje (Annigje) Westerink (Westering) (70), De Bilt
• Anna van Biezen (81), Dussen
• Anne Lee Guinness (50)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Eyssens (57), Groningen
• Anna Maria Overgaag (6), De Lier,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Engelen (0), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Angelica Helena Philomena Schaependonck (39), Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
• Adriana Kessel (47), Oudenbosch

• 1883 » Arnold Bax, English composer and poet († 1953)
• 1883 » Charles Demuth, American painter († 1935)
• 1884 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1922)
• 1885 » Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic († 1966)
• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)
• 1885 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic († 1951)
• 1885 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines († 1946)
• 1888 » David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1974)
• 1893 » Prajadhipok, Thai king († 1941)
• 1896 » Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian painter and graphic artist († 1975)

• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)

• 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.
• April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
• November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
• November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

The temperature on November 8, 1889 was about 10.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.