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• Anna Maria Elisabeth BEERDA, Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands († 1975)
• Andrianus_Hendrik Markus, Utrecht († 1889)
• Adriana Vettewinkel († 1959)
• Adonia Bernard, Marchienne-au-Pont, Hainaut, Belgium († 1889)
• Andrew James Honey, Chicago, Illinois († 1956)
• Aaltje Olthof, Veendam († 1942)
• Albert Clementin Vrijenhoek, Schiedam
• Adrianus Marijnissen, Hoeven († 1889)
• Alfred Ernest Albert BLYTH, Prossers Forrest, Tasmania, Australia († 1984)
• Allegonda Huberdina Hendriks, Eersel († 1900)

• Anna of Anne Margaretta of Magriet Olijve (69), Emmen/NwAmsterdam
• Anna Magaretha Olijve (69), Nieuw Amsterdam, gem. Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Theodora Jacoba van Holt (67), Tiel
• Aleida Kupper Kuiper (68), Azewijn
• Anna Maria Tetteroo (0), Hof van Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van Dommelen (65), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna van Dommelen (65), Nijmegen
• Anne Margrieta Olijve (69), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Gerrits Veeken (54), Wognum
• Adriana Biekens (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1882 » Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1961)
• 1885 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner († 1967)
• 1887 » Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager († 1978)
• 1889 » Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
• 1889 » Marcel Boussac, French businessman († 1980)
• 1889 » Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1892 » Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and racing driver († 1956)
• 1893 » Romeo Bertini, Italian runner († 1973)
• 1898 » Maurice Wilson, English soldier, pilot, and mountaineer († 1934)
• 1899 » Randall Thompson, American composer and academic († 1984)

• 1852 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
• 1863 » Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (b. 1782)
• 1900 » Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)

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.
• May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
• 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.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
• 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 21, 1889 was about 14.8 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.