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• Agatha Maria ´t Hoen, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Wigchers, Borger
• Ana Antonia Martins, Franca, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Maria Louisa Josephina Jurgens, Oss
• Agatha Maria ''t Hoen, Monster
• Anna Catharina Heekelaar, Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1975)
• Albertus Jol, 's-Gravenhage
• Agatha Maria 't Hoen, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Heekelaar, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Alida Maria Johanna van Ommen, Gemeente Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1890)

• Andries CHARITE (52), Zwijndrecht
• Annigje van Ingen (73), Gemeente Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• A H Todd **** (77), Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Arnolda van HOFTEN (0), heerewaarden
• Antonius Loogman (2), Haarlemmermeer, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Bikker (0), Kedichem
• Annigje de Jong (71), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Annigjen Roelofs de Jonge (70), Ruinen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• (8), Ferwerderadeel, Nederland
• Antje jolkes Dol (62), Donkerbroek Friesland Nederland

• 1880 » Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and philologist († 1973)
• 1881 » Albert Gleizes, French painter († 1953)
• 1884 » Francis Balfour, English colonel and politician († 1965)
• 1886 » Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and educator († 1957)
• 1890 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American pianist and composer († 1959)
• 1892 » Marcus Lee Hansen, American historian, author, and academic († 1938)
• 1894 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye († 1938)
• 1894 » James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist († 1961)
• 1899 » Arthur Leslie, English-Welsh actor and playwright († 1970)
• 1899 » John Qualen, Canadian-American actor († 1987)

• 1864 » George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1815)
• 1869 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
• 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
• 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)

• 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.
• 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.
• July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
• November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
• November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

The temperature on December 8, 1889 was about -2.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.