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• Alida KUHLMAN, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Albert Hakvoort († 1944)
• Alexandre Joseph MONSEUR, Magoster, Beffe,Lux, Belg
• Adrianus van Opstal, Gilze-Rijen, Nederland († 1961)
• Anna Smit, Uithuizermeeden (gem. Het Hogeland)
• ten Berge, Groningen († 1889)
• Rutten, Ottersum, Limburg, Nederland († 1889)
• Adriana Maria Hendrika Schmitz, Den Haag († 1953)
• Albert Oakley Bouchey, Mi
• Alicia CORNEZ, Wasmes, 7340, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique

• Catharina Maria de Bont (4), Waspik
• Anna Katharina van der Sterren (23), Horst
• Aafje Steenbergen (28), Lutten, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aartje Ruitenbeek (41), Woudenberg, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Catharina van Tillo (0), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Alida Everts (43), Brakel
• Adriana Kasteleijn (49), Wissenkerke
• Anje Blok (27), Zandeweer, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland
• Bocke Dijkstra (25), Duurswoude, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Steenbergen (28), Slagharen

• 1882 » Simeon Price, American golfer († 1945)
• 1883 » Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey († 1986)
• 1888 » Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker († 1971)
• 1890 » Edith Grace White, American ichthyologist († 1975)
• 1892 » Osgood Perkins, American actor († 1937)
• 1894 » Walter Yust, American journalist and writer († 1960)
• 1897 » Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic († 1994)
• 1898 » Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet and academic († 1993)
• 1898 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter († 1956)
• 1898 » Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter († 1980)

• 1862 » Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 » Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 » Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 » Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)

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.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• 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.
• 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 16, 1889 was about 14.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.