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• Aartje van Dorp, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Adamus Hubertus Edmondus Gulikers, Itteren († 1939)
• Aart Klok, Rockanje
• Alphons Mertens, Breda, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1962)
• Adamus Hubertus Edmundus Gulikers, Itteren, Maastricht († 1939)
• , Lienden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1962)
• Aart Izaaksz Klok, Rockanje, zh.nld († 1966)
• Anna Meppelink, Leighton, Mahaska County, Iowa († 1972)
• Anna Appolonia Verhagen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1968)
• Aaltje Holtland

• Antonia Alberts Meilink (26), Zwolle, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria van Daal (0), Horst (L.)
• Alied Alberts de Hey (1), Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Houkes Bijlsma (0), Kortezwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Wolf (3), Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van Lent (64), Alphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Areke van der Wal, Ophemert
• Anna Maria van Lent (64), Alphen
• Antonius Marius Donninger (1), Slagharen
• Anna Maria SEGERS (78), Weert,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• 1880 » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator († 1967)
• 1881 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 († 1955)
• 1883 » Mamie Smith, American singer, actress, dancer, and pianist († 1946)
• 1886 » Al Jolson, American singer and actor († 1950)
• 1887 » Ba U, 2nd President of Burma († 1963)
• 1893 » Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer († 1962)
• 1895 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist († 1965)
• 1895 » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer († 1971)
• 1898 » Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater († 1965)
• 1898 » Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)

• 1881 » Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (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.
• January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
• February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
• November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

The temperature on May 26, 1889 was about 22.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.