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• Adriana Ruimschotel, Klundert (Moerdijk), Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)
• Alida Willemina Den Besten, Schelluinen, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Andries Paterstuk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Willemina den Besten, Schelluinen († 1952)
• abraham ZWARENSTEIN, strijen († 1943)
• Christiaan Johannes Veraart, Bergen op Zoom († 1957)
• Anna Borremans († 1969)
• Alberdina van der Tuuk, Groningen
• Adriana van Beekum, Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1889)
• Abraham Onderwater, Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1968)

• Bartus de Wilde (34), Almelo
• Catharina Epke (58), Amsterdam
• Bernardus Louis Johannes Barendtszen (0), Nijmegen
• Anna Catharina Brouwers (83), Sint Geertruid
• Catharina Maria Scheffers (0), Schiedam
• Anna Catharina Brouwers (83), Ekkelrade (Sint Geertruid)
• Abtonius Vollmuller (21), Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aafke Helder (67), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Charles Philip Ainslie (81)
• Anne Jans Smits (76), Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1885 » Platt Adams, American jumper and politician († 1961)
• 1885 » Roque González Garza, Mexican general and acting president (1915) († 1962)
• 1886 » Frank Irons, American long jumper († 1942)
• 1887 » Josef Čapek, Czech painter and poet († 1945)
• 1887 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor († 1927)
• 1887 » Rudolf Kinau, German author († 1975)
• 1887 » Sidney Hillman, Lithuanian-born American labor leader († 1946)
• 1891 » Po Kya, Burmese author and educationist († 1942)
• 1893 » Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director and production designer († 1960)
• 1893 » Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu, Indian engineer and businessman († 1974)

• 1862 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)
• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)

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.
• January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
• February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

The temperature on March 23, 1889 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.