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• Anette Maria Gerardina Elise Ex, Venlo († 1949)
• Andreas Conradus Nieuwhof, Sneek, Fr, Nederland († 1889)
• Anna Helena Rakers, Twist-Hesepertwist († 1962)
• Allegonda Zweering († 1983)
• adrianus johannes andries streicher, rotterdam († 1978)
• Alke Pierweijer, Emmen († 1970)
• Adriana van Hezik, Maasdriel († 1918)
• Aaldert van der Linden, Utrecht 496 († 1958)
• Alida Hermina Verdel, Zegveld
• Anna * Turkstra, (FR) Menaldumadeel († 1940)

• Albertus Martinus Marinus Severijn (32), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Gesina la Faille (1), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth van Beek (4), Harderwijk
• Aleida Spoelder (71), Rijssen
• Adrianus Antonius van Hest (0), Tilburg
• Antje de Graaf (67), Broek op Langedijk
• Adriana Henricus van Uden (85), Geffen, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (Stillborn) OORTHUIS (0), Rijsdam (Vlagtwedde) Groningen Netherlands
• Albertus Marinus Severijn (32), Utrecht
• Anthonie van Ruiten (79), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1880 » Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer († 1972)
• 1881 » Janus Djurhuus, Faroese poet († 1948)
• 1882 » Husband E. Kimmel, American admiral († 1968)
• 1885 » Aleksandras Stulginskis, Lithuanian farmer and politician, 2nd President of Lithuania († 1969)
• 1887 » Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach († 1950)
• 1887 » Stefan Grabiński, Polish author and educator († 1936)
• 1887 » William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian († 1966)
• 1893 » Dorothy Whipple, English novelist († 1966)
• 1893 » Wallace Fard Muhammad, American religious leader, founded the Nation of Islam (disappeared 1934)
• 1896 » Andrei Zhdanov, Ukrainian-Russian civil servant and politician († 1948)

• 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)
• 1883 » Alexandros Koumoundouros, Greek lawyer and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1817)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, First Indian women physician (b. 1865)
• 1889 » Karl Davydov, Russian cellist and composer (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Richard Jordan Gatling, American engineer, invented the Gatling gun (b. 1818)
• 1906 » Jean Lanfray, Swiss convicted murderer (b. 1874)
• 1913 » Felix Draeseke, German composer and academic (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Carl Menger, Polish-Austrian economist and academic (b. 1840)
• 1930 » Mary Whiton Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (b. 1863)
• 1931 » Otto Wallach, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1847)

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.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
• June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
• November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

The temperature on February 26, 1889 was about -1.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.