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• Alexander Potocki, Peczara, Oekraine († 1905)
• Alice Vercauteren, Wieze († 1970)
• Adriana van Bruggen, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Adrianus Groenen, Tilburg, Nederland († 1889)
• Abraham Meijer, Haarlem, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Koop, Opende († 1976)
• Adrianus Simon Groenland, Heemskerk († 1960)
• Albert Stegeman, Collendoorn († 1970)
• Adrianus Groenen, Tilburg Nederland († 1889)
• Dimphna Hendrika Willemen, Wouw

• Aagje Gommerse (47), Benthuizen
• Anna HERWEIJER (1), Stellendam
• Arnoldus van Gennep (62)
• Anna Margaretha Hackling (35), Aschendorf
• Alida Theodora Hendrika Schorel (1), Rotterdam
• Adelaide Munro King (5), Highland Home Farm, Winterberg, Cape Province, South Africa
• Abraham Bornebroek (0), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Damen (1), Teteringen
• Anna Herweijer (1), Stellendam
• Sjoerd Tjallings Tjalsma (Shuard Chalsma) (79), New Amsterdam LaCrosse Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten

• 1885 » Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general († 1947)
• 1886 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic († 1921)
• 1887 » William Forgan Smith, Scottish-Australian politician, 24th Premier of Queensland († 1953)
• 1888 » Maximilian Kronberger, German poet and author († 1904)
• 1889 » A. Philip Randolph, American activist († 1979)
• 1889 » Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator († 1975)
• 1890 » Percy Shaw, English businessman, invented the cat's eye († 1976)
• 1892 » Corrie ten Boom, Dutch-American clocksmith, Nazi resister, and author († 1983)
• 1892 » Theo Osterkamp, German general and pilot († 1975)
• 1894 » Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician, 7th Premier of the Soviet Union († 1971)

• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)
• 1865 » Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States (b. 1809)
• 1888 » Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (b. 1822)
• 1889 » Father Damien, Belgian priest and saint (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui, New Zealand commander and politician
• 1912 » Victims of the Titanic disaster:
• 1917 » János Murkovics, Slovene author, poet, and educator (b. 1839)
• 1927 » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)

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 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
• March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
• April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
• 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 April 15, 1889 was about 6.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.