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• Anna Helena Nijhof, Ter Apel gem. Vlagtwedde († 1892)
• Albertus Gerardus Driessen, Groessen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1985)
• Amelie Eleonora Chauvigny de Blot, de, Poerworedjo († 1980)
• Ant (vanKoote) Kwakman, Volendam († 1961)
• Abraham de Vos, Zierikzee
• Albertus Gerardus DRIESSEN, Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Angelita Felicia Rheder, Bonaire († 1933)
• Roelofs, Drouwenermond, Drenthe, The Netherlands († 1967)
• Anna Maria Senders, Vessem, Wintelre en Knegsel
• Aaltje Landmeter, Ooststellingwerf, Fr, Nederland († 1889)

• Benjamin Filmer (54), Canterbury, Kent
• van den Akker (0), Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus LEGEWEG (75), Westmaas
• Arie GRAVENDEEL (25), Puttershoek,Zuid Holland,Netherlands
• Antje Dumans (47), Rotterdam
• Anna Hille (39), de Rijp
• Anna Catharina Heuters (67), Waldfeucht
• Antje de Jong (18), Grootegast,Gemeente Grootegast,Groningen,Nederland
• Auke Ydes NIJHOLT (57), Gaasterlân-Sleat(Friesland)
• Carolus Ludovicus Stragier (47), Antwerpen

• 1884 » Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician († 1964)
• 1885 » Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet († 1922)
• 1885 » Ralph Stackpole, American sculptor and painter († 1973)
• 1887 » Alan Cunningham, Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan († 1983)
• 1890 » Clelia Lollini, Italian physician (d. 1963 or 1964)
• 1891 » Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America († 1988)
• 1895 » May Hollinworth, Australian theatre producer and director († 1968)
• 1895 » Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet secret police official, head of the NKVD († 1940)
• 1896 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician († 1947)
• 1896 » Mark W. Clark, American general († 1984)

• 1838 » Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (b. 1797)
• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)

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 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

The temperature on May 1, 1889 was about 14.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.