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• Schunck, Doesburg Gld. Nederland († 1889)
• Adriana Maria Reijken, Leiden
• Aaltje Elbertsen, Putten († 1964)
• +NN van der Lubbe, Den Haag († 1889)
• Aagje Stam, Venhuizen († 1959)
• Adriaantje Jannetje Herweijer, Zwartewaal († 1967)
• Aaltje Elbertsen, Putten († 1964)
• Alida Alberdina Homan, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aaltje Hammer, Genemuiden
• († 1952)

• Bernardus Eduard Georgius STROOTMAN (1), Amsterdam
• Anna Catharina Schildkamp (63), Hasselo, Weerselo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Bernardus Eduard Georgius Strootmann (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Willempje (1) Dorst (0), Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Anna Maria Clara Gerarda Lecocq d'Armandville (28), Maastricht
• Annemaria de Reuver (77)
• Augustus Antonius Vancraeynest (15), Oostende, België
• Antiena Roelfina Huiting (0), Kopstukken (Onstwedde)
• Albert Emile Jules Stuckij (42), Guelma, Guelma, Algeria
• Alida van Zalen (37), 's-Gravenhage

• 1879 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player († 1939)
• 1880 » Frances Perkins, American sociologist, academic, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of Labor († 1965)
• 1880 » Montague Summers, English clergyman and author († 1948)
• 1886 » Johnny Hayes, American runner and trainer († 1965)
• 1887 » Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1889 » Louis Rougier, French philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1982)
• 1891 » Frank Barson, English footballer and coach († 1968)
• 1893 » Otto Steinböck, Austrian zoologist († 1969)
• 1894 » Ben Nicholson, British painter († 1982)
• 1897 » Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal († 1990)

• 1871 » Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1789)
• 1904 » Isabella II, Spanish queen (b. 1830)
• 1909 » Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general (b. 1879)
• 1920 » Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian (b. 1829)
• 1931 » Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1935 » Rosa Campbell Praed, Australian novelist (b. 1851)
• 1938 » King Oliver, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1885)
• 1942 » Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor and director (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Andreas Faehlmann, Estonian-German sailor and engineer (b. 1898)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.

The temperature on April 10, 1889 was about 11.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.