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• Adriana Johanna Alida van der Hoeven, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Adriaantje KIEVIT Jdr, Dirksland, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Adriana Johanna Alida van der Hoeven, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• aagje kuehn, bodegraven
• Adriaan Witte, Reimerswaal (Kruiningen) (Zeeland) († 1957)
• Albert de Leeuw, Kamperveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1890)
• Adolf Hitler, Braunau am Inn (Braunau am Inn, Oberösterreich) († 1945)
• Aaltje de Jong, Katwijk aan Zee
• Albert Overman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Albert Henri Joseph Nollet, Linselles, 59 (F) († 1949)

• Albert Uilham (46), Hoorn
• Anna Maria Elisabeth de Wit, Vlierden
• Arie van Kersen (31), Gorinchem
• Maria Josepha de Jonghe (88), Stekene (B)
• Adriana Catharina Kesteloo (0), Vlissingen
• Anthonij Vedders (71), Markelo, Hof van Twente,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alexander M Florian Henriques (71), Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
• Aartje van Mourik (0), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Aukjen Smit (72), gemeente Weststellingwerf
• Atte Gerrits Wierda (2), Lemmer, Lemsterland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1889 » Adolf Hitler, Austrian born German politician, Führer of Nazi Germany († 1945)
• 1889 » Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish rabbi, lawyer, and activist († 1996)
• 1889 » Marie-Antoinette de Geuser, French mystic († 1918)
• 1889 » Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland († 1918)
• 1889 » Tonny Kessler, Dutch footballer († 1960)
• 1890 » Adolf Schärf, Austrian soldier and politician, 6th President of Austria († 1965)
• 1890 » Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec († 1959)
• 1891 » Dave Bancroft, American baseball player and manager († 1972)
• 1893 » Harold Lloyd, American actor, comedian, and producer († 1971)
• 1893 » Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor († 1983)

• 1873 » William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)
• 1881 » William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)

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.
• February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• 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 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• 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 20, 1889 was about 13.9 °C. The air pressure was 64 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.