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• Albert van de Hei, De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States of America († 1968)
• Aloys Henri Hentsch, Pregny-Chambésy, Genève, Suisse († 1953)
• Alfred Erwin Otto von Harras, Padang († 1949)
• Agnes Anna Hertogen, Riemst (B) († 1967)
• Anna Lotz, Holzweiler, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany († 1971)
• Anna Antonia de Koning, Rijswijk († 1931)
• Anna Catharina Burgmans, Reusel († 1895)
• Adrianus Peter van Kleef, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1889)
• Addie Mae Garrett († 1946)
• Adrianus van Weeren, Leiden

• Apolonia de Vreede (33), Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Willems van Vondel (33), Erica
• Vermeij (0), Oudewater
• Aartje de RUITER (10), Lexmond
• Carel Scholz (84), Diffelen
• Adriana Jacoba van Eeden (70), Haarlem
• Terpstra (0), Ferwerderadiel, Nederland
• Adriana Visser (3), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Apolonia de Vreede (33), Pijnacker
• Henskens, Josepha Petronella Jacoba (1), 's-Hertogenbosch in de Brouwersteeg 216

• 1879 » Bernhard Gregory, Estonian-German chess player († 1939)
• 1884 » Otto Rank, Austrian-American psychologist and academic († 1939)
• 1886 » Izidor Cankar, Slovenian historian, author, and diplomat († 1958)
• 1889 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1891 » Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer († 1989)
• 1891 » Laura Gilpin, American photographer († 1979)
• 1891 » Nicola Sacco, Italian-American anarchist († 1927)
• 1891 » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer († 1965)
• 1892 » Vernon Johns, African-American minister and activist († 1965)
• 1899 » Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born novelist and critic († 1977)

• 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
• 1854 » Nicolás Bravo, Mexican general and politician, 11th President of Mexico (b. 1786)
• 1871 » Martín Carrera, Mexican general and president (1855) (b. 1806)
• 1877 » James P. Kirkwood, Scottish-American engineer (b. 1807)
• 1892 » Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
• 1894 » Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
• 1896 » Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)
• 1908 » Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)
• 1925 » André Caplet, French composer and conductor (b. 1878)

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.
• May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
• November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
• 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 22, 1889 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.