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• Antje Jans Wulp, Terschelling († 1967)
• Antje de Boer, Drachten († 1889)
• Aaltje van der Eng, Uitgeest († 1976)
• Aaltje Haasnoot, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Andreas Ambrosius Marie van Lieshout, Rotterdam († 1933)
• Abraham Johannes Kloos, Leiden,Gemeente Leiden,South Holland,Nederland († 1892)
• Angèle, Lea Dubois, Fleurbaix, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Friesland, Nederland († 1962)
• Booms, Arnhem († 1889)
• ?? Jelles, Enkhuizen († 1889)
• Ágnes Szabó, Furta, 4141, Magyarország

• Booms (0), Arnhem
• Anna Maria de Haas (70), Nijmegen
• Anna Catharina DE WIL (84), Nieuwrode
• Anna Elisabeth Maria Meijers (69), 's Gravenhage
• Antoinetta Berends (75), haarlem
• Adriana Cornelia Johanna Thona van Drielen (54), Hoboken (B)
• Adriaan van Houwelingen (geb. Stolk) (67), Giessen Nieuwkerk (NL)
• Adelaide Honorine Melon (72), Tarzy, 08380, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, FRANCE
• Adriaan Rovers (72), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje van Utrecht (Uitert) (80), Buren

• 1880 » Josef Gočár, Czech architect († 1945)
• 1883 » Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer († 1926)
• 1884 » Hugh Walpole, New Zealand-English author and educator († 1941)
• 1886 » Albert William Stevens, American captain and photographer († 1949)
• 1886 » Home Run Baker, American baseball player and manager († 1963)
• 1888 » Paul Morand, French author and diplomat († 1976)
• 1890 » Fritz Busch, German conductor and director († 1951)
• 1892 » Janet Flanner, American journalist and author († 1978)
• 1897 » Yeghishe Charents, Armenian poet and activist († 1937)
• 1898 » Henry Hathaway, American director and producer († 1985)

• 1854 » Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French politician, 6th Prime Minister of France (b. 1773)
• 1873 » David Swinson Maynard, American physician, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1808)
• 1879 » Adolf Anderssen, German mathematician and chess player (b. 1818)
• 1881 » Alexander II of Russia (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Leland Stanford Jr., American son of Leland Stanford (b. 1868)
• 1885 » Giorgio Mitrovich, Maltese politician (b. 1795)
• 1901 » Benjamin Harrison, American general and politician, 23rd President of the United States (b. 1833)
• 1906 » Susan B. Anthony, American activist (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Eugène-Étienne Taché, Canadian engineer and architect, designed the Parliament Building (b. 1836)
• 1921 » Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American opera singer and educator (b. 1835)

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.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
• August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.

The temperature on March 13, 1889 was about 8.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.