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• Anna Aleijda Margaretha Jongen, Maastricht
• Adriaan van de Werken, Groot-Ammers, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Geertruida Schuurhuizen, Delft {ZH} († 1942)
• Alexander Pheijffer, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1890)
• Adrianus Voordouw, Waarder († 1965)
• Jonasse, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• van der Steen, Pernis († 1889)
• Adriana Brown, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Geld, Amersfoort
• Aaltje Schutte, Hengelo († 1894)

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• Adriana Pieternella Lefeber (28), Schoondijke
• Amandus VAN ASSCHE (90), Londerzeel
• Anna Catharina HENDRIX (79), Neeroeteren,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie
• Bartel Boogerd (0), Ouwerkerk (Gem. Schouwen-Duiveland), Zeeland, Nederland Nederland
• Arnold Joseph Schoenaerts (11), Borgloon, België
• Bartel Boogerd (0), Ouwerkerk gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• ?? van der Steen (0), Pernis
• van der Steen (0), Pernis
• Voorthuisen (0), Anna Paulowna

• 1883 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece († 1955)
• 1883 » Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates († 1967)
• 1883 » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic († 1950)
• 1886 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye († 1956)
• 1887 » Tim Moore, American actor († 1958)
• 1889 » Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner († 1966)
• 1890 » Laura Salverson, Canadian author († 1970)
• 1891 » Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic († 1917)
• 1892 » André Randall, French actor († 1974)
• 1895 » Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish activist, journalist and politician († 1989)

• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader
• 1906 » Ferdinand Brunetière, French author and critic (b. 1849)
• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)

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 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The temperature on December 9, 1889 was about -1.4 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.