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• Anna Katharina Apolonia IMBENS, Heinkenszand, Zeeland, Nederland († 1956)
• Anna Katharina Apolonia Imbens, Heinkenszand († 1956)
• Adolf Solinger, Bergen op Zoom († 1959)
• Amélie Laure Marie Hacken, Liège (B)
• Adriana Catharina Kesteloo, Vlissingen († 1889)
• Aaltje Hoekstra, Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1961)
• Adriana M van Breemen, Terheijden,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1964)
• Adriana Looise, Meliskerke († 1955)
• Andries van der Veen, Ooststellingwerf († 1944)
• Aart Groothuis, Harderwijk († 1889)

• Adriaan van den Nieuwenhuizen (8), Gilze en Rijen
• Adriaan Davidsz Luteijn (82), IJzendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Henneman (1), Bergen
• Adrianus van Iersel (4), Raamsdonk
• Adriaan Cornelis van Houdt (0), Sint Maartensdijk
• Alida Weyling (40)
• (2) Neeltje Braas (56), Limmen, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• ANNA VAN DIGGELEN (54), PURMEREND
• Adriaan Luteijn (82), IJzendijke, Zeeland, NL
• Antoine Victor Guillaume DRION (69), LIEGE, Liège, Belgique

• 1881 » Eulalio Gutiérrez, Mexican general and politician, President of Mexico († 1939)
• 1881 » Fernand Léger, French painter and sculptor († 1955)
• 1883 » Reinhold Rudenberg, German-American inventor and a pioneer of electron microscopy († 1961)
• 1891 » M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha († 1978)
• 1892 » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and academic († 1964)
• 1895 » Nigel Bruce, English actor († 1953)
• 1896 » Friedrich Glauser, Austrian-Swiss author († 1938)
• 1896 » Friedrich Hund, German physicist and academic († 1997)
• 1897 » Ludwig Erhard, German soldier and politician, 2nd Chancellor of West Germany († 1977)
• 1899 » Virginia M. Alexander, American physician and founder of the Aspiranto Health Home († 1949)

• 1843 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
• 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)

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.
• March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on February 4, 1889 was about -1.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 80 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.