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• Albert Stegeman, Bathmen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1973)
• Anna Margaretha Droog, haarlem († 1891)
• Anna Hendrika Maria Rijntjes, Utrecht († 1963)
• Aart Karssen, Lage Bijssel, Doornspijk
• Alphonsus Gerardus van der Vloet, Turnhout(Belgie)
• Anna Maria Pijfers, Avereest, Nederland
• Adriana Elizabeth van Loopik, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Ladage, Rotterdam
• de Laat, Udenhout
• Ada Adeline Walvoord († 1959)

• Alver Tempel (64), Barlage gem. Onstwedde
• Antje Hendriks Kok (0), Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Kok (0), Utingeradeel, Utingeradeel, Spikerboor 10, Akkrum
• Alphonsine Christine Verheij (35), Soerakarta, Centraal Java, Indonesië
• Anna Heidstra (39)
• Antje Jurjens Oldersma (59), Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Andreas (Dries) Philipsen (65), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Antje Jurjens Oldersma (59), Drachten
• Antonie Van der Veeken (73), Culemborg
• Antje Jurgens Oldersma (59), Small.lnd

• 1879 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist († 1952)
• 1880 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter († 1938)
• 1880 » Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator († 1959)
• 1883 » Alberto Collo, Italian actor († 1955)
• 1895 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture († 1946)
• 1895 » Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author († 1974)
• 1895 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor († 1926)
• 1896 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic († 1966)
• 1897 » Paul Alverdes, German author and poet († 1979)
• 1898 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician († 1945)

• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)

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.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
• 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.

The temperature on May 6, 1889 was about 23.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%.