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• Alida Maria Wesselman, Alkemade († 1892)
• anna maria elisabeth snijders, heythuysen († 1923)
• Albert ten Berk de Boer, Apeldoorn
• Albert Jan WESTERHOF, Kampen. Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland († 1964)
• André Jules Vincent Désiré Franchon, Lille, Friesland, Nederland († 1958)
• Aaltje Willempje Riegman, Charlois († 1890)
• Aletta Stigter, Linschoten, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1960)
• Anna maria Kolen, Tilburg
• * AALTJE (4) Spannenburg, Sneek, Friesland, NL († 1889)
• Anna Maria Aerts, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland

• Anthonius Esser (53), Holtum
• Anthonius Esser (53), Holtum, Born, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Ulrich [Usleeber] (78), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Van Grunderbeeck (70), Kortenberg, 3070, België
• Anna Ulrich (78), Amsterdam
• Anna(Jeanne) Usleeber(Ulrich) (78), Amsterdam
• Aldegonda SNOEKX (65), Eksel, 72038, Limburg, Belgique
• Adrianus Weijts (57), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaantje de Knegt (31), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta Maria Klomp (0), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1885 » Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1885 » Bud Fisher, American cartoonist († 1954)
• 1885 » Marie-Victorin Kirouac, Canadian botanist and academic († 1944)
• 1885 » St John Philby, English colonial and explorer († 1960)
• 1886 » Dooley Wilson, American actor and singer († 1953)
• 1887 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna († 1956)
• 1887 » Nishizō Tsukahara, Japanese admiral († 1966)
• 1888 » Neville Cardus, English author and critic († 1975)
• 1888 » Thomas C. Kinkaid, American admiral († 1972)
• 1889 » Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer († 1949)

• 1844 » Edward Bigge, English cleric, 1st Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (b. 1807)
• 1846 » William Braine, English soldier and explorer (b. 1814)
• 1849 » Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)
• 1868 » Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)
• 1880 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer (b. 1831)
• 1882 » Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)
• 1897 » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)
• 1901 » Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)
• 1902 » Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)
• 1930 » Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)

• 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 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• 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.
• November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
• November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The temperature on April 3, 1889 was about 4.5 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.