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• Adrianus Josephus van der Donk, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1930)
• Anna Evensdatter, Kappfjell-li, Grane, Vefsen, Nordland, Norge († 1978)
• Anna Cornelia Hellemons, Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1889)
• Anna Jacoba Moers, 's-Gravenzande
• Adrianus Alphons Verschuren, Tiburg (Heikant) († 1958)
• Albertus Johannes de Moet, Rotterdam († 1939)
• Albert Camirand, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada († 1956)
• Adrianus Aernouts, Loenhout (B)
• Agatha Tesselaar, Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Adrianus Marinus van Maaren, Gouda († 1889)

• Antje Veltheer (24)
• Antonius Bronkhorst (0), Gemeente Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Christianus Verheijen (5), Chaam
• Bertilia Joris (52), Gorsem, België
• Anne Jeanne MENUET (58), Saint-Gervais, 85230, France
• Bonne Marie-Thérése ADAM (62), Bricquebec, 50260, Manche, Normandie, France
• (Stillborn) VAN DER VLERK (0), Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands
• Angélique Joseph Amalberge MARBAIS (82), Marcinelle, Henegouwen, België
• Albert Joseph Marie MEEÙS (42), Antwerpen, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Arie van den Heuvel (0), Stompwijk

• 1886 » Frederick Lindemann, British physicist († 1957)
• 1886 » Gotthelf Bergsträsser, German linguist († 1933)
• 1886 » Gustavo Jiménez, Peruvian colonel and politician, 73rd President of Peru († 1933)
• 1887 » William Cowhig, British gymnast († 1964)
• 1889 » Vicente Ferreira Pastinha, Brazilian martial artist († 1981)
• 1890 » Karl Kirk, Danish gymnast († 1955)
• 1890 » William Moore, British track and field athlete († 1956)
• 1891 » Arnold Jackson, English runner, soldier, and lawyer († 1972)
• 1891 » Laura Vicuña, Chilean nun († 1904)
• 1892 » Raymond Bonney, American ice hockey player († 1964)

• 1873 » Milivoje Blaznavac, Serbian soldier and politician (b. 1824)
• 1882 » Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, (b. 1806)
• 1888 » Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
• 1891 » Johann Hermann Bauer, (b. 1861)
• 1900 » Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, economist, and academic (b. 1822)
• 1900 » Osman Nuri Pasha, Ottoman field marshal and the hero of the Siege of Plevna in 1877 (b. 1832)
• 1901 » Angelo Messedaglia, Italian social scientist and statistician (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hans Ernst August Buchner, German bacteriologist (b. 1850)
• 1904 » Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer (b. 1822)

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.
• February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• 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.
• July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.

The temperature on April 5, 1889 was about 5.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.