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• Adolph Herman Uitterdijk, Arnhem
• Adrianus Kremer, Loon op Zand
• Alphonsus Ludovicus Cornelius BOUDRY, Poperinge († 1968)
• Abelina Feringa, Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Demeulemeester, Schuiferskapelle,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1950)
• Adrianus van der POEL, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1890)
• Anna Maria Keutz, Hasselt († 1901)
• Achiel Hector Hemeryck, Hooglede († 1961)
• Andries Aebeles van Eyck, Echten, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1893)
• Alida Scholten, Amsterdam († 1961)

• Anna De HAAN (73), Rotterdam
• Anna Elizabeth Quant van der Biest (59), Aruba
• "Charles" Louis Victor Oudinot de Reggio (68), château du Coudray-Montceaux, Essonne, France
• Arij van Vliet (62), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna BEURSKENS (70), Helden, 2755, Limburg, Nederland
• Age de Vries (40), Warns, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina De Peuter (53), Herenthout, België
• Age de Vries (39), Hemelumer Oldeferd
• Adrianus Kremer (3)
• Arnoldus Geurts (79), Groessen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1876 » Lionel Tertis, English violist († 1975)
• 1876 » Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor († 1973)
• 1879 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot († 1936)
• 1881 » Jess Willard, American boxer († 1968)
• 1885 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general († 1921)
• 1886 » Norman Hallows, English runner and captain († 1968)
• 1895 » Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author († 1939)
• 1896 » David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter († 1974)
• 1899 » Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing († 1992)
• 1902 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1957)

• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (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.
• January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.

The temperature on December 29, 1889 was about -1.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.