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• * Maria Florentia Henckens, Meerlo († 1977)
• Adolf Dessing, ,, Monster, Nederland († 1890)
• Adriaantje Onderdelinden, Heinenoord
• Adrianus Rooseboom de Vries, Haarlem († 1889)
• Alida Jacoba Kruizinga, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland
• Ada Amelia Dodson, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1931)
• Adolph Dessing, Monster († 1890)
• Alida Vandecasteele, Vichte (W-VL) België († 1954)
• Aaltje Heuveling
• Albert van der Heide, Steenwijk († 1980)

• Aloysius D'hooghe (52), St.Kruis Winkel
• Agnes Huberta Scholten (33), Nijmegen
• Adele Grandfils (23), Leuze
• Adriana van Ilverenbeek (68), Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Handels (1), Kerkrade (L
• Aldert Heddes Dolfijn (82), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Elizabeth Broes (73), Koningshooikt, Antwerp, Belgium
• Anna van Ooijen (27), Hedikhijzen
• Anne Marie Prudence ADAM (78), Sap, 61460, Orne, Normandie, France
• Aldert Heddes Dolfin (82), Groningen

• 1883 » Jules Berry, French actor and director († 1951)
• 1885 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator († 1935)
• 1885 » Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author († 1960)
• 1889 » Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter († 1928)
• 1891 » Ronald Colman, English-American actor († 1958)
• 1892 » Peggy Wood, American actress († 1978)
• 1893 » Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece († 1987)
• 1895 » Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia († 1959)
• 1896 » Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator († 1982)
• 1897 » Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot († 1935)

• 1857 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)

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 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.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
• 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.

The temperature on February 9, 1889 was about 1.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 190 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.