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• Aaltje Tomassen, Ermelo († 1979)
• Adriaan Barentsen, Koudekerke
• Aleida Cornelia Wichhart, Oosterbeek, Gemeente Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland († 1985)
• Geerlings, Brummen († 1889)
• Albert Kaan, Anna Paulowna, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Albertus Antonius Gebbing, Baak († 1968)
• Adrien Benoit
• Anton Cornelis van der Kroft, Den Haag, Nederland
• Antje van Dijk, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertje Kalsbeek, Terwispel, Opsterland, Fr, Nederland

• Berend Draafsel (65), Barchem, Lochem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Bastiana van der Windt (0), Schiedam
• Antonius Neijs (60), Druten, GLD, Nederland
• Antonia Goorkate (26), Enschede
• Abel Wolters Bontekoe (64), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Hermanus de Reus (30), Gelsenkirchen, Duitsland
• Catharina Rijper (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Kaptein (0), Maassluis
• Barteld Klaasz LAGEWEG (30), Wolvega
• Barbara Weaver Neff (76), Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1879 » Fred Englehardt, American jumper († 1942)
• 1880 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal († 1971)
• 1881 » George Murray Hulbert, American judge and politician († 1950)
• 1881 » Lionel Hill, Australian politician, 30th Premier of South Australia († 1963)
• 1885 » Otto Klemperer, German composer and conductor († 1973)
• 1887 » Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War († 1943)
• 1888 » Archie Alexander, American mathematician and engineer († 1958)
• 1893 » Louis Verneuil, French actor and playwright († 1952)
• 1897 » Ed Ricketts, American biologist and ecologist († 1948)
• 1897 » Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer († 1959)

• 1860 » Ludwig Bechstein, German author (b. 1801)
• 1873 » Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (b. 1797)
• 1878 » Ōkubo Toshimichi, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1830)
• 1881 » Mary Seacole, Jamaican-English nurse and author (b. 1805)
• 1889 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1809)
• 1893 » Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
• 1906 » Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1829)
• 1912 » August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1849)
• 1912 » Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1843)
• 1918 » James Gordon Bennett, Jr., American journalist and publisher (b. 1841)

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 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• 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 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
• November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

The temperature on May 14, 1889 was about 14.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.