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• Anna Johanna Margaretha Ebbers, Kilder
• Alida Jannetje Overvliet, Leiderdorp († 1927)
• Albert Dusselaar, Berlikum, gem. Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaltje Keijl, Hattem, Nederland
• Aaltje Valk, Delfzijl († 1974)
• Adriana van Dorp, Hazerswoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Waarde, Driewegen
• Anna Catharina Lisetta DEUMENS, Utrecht, Utrecht, Pays-Bas
• Agnes LARKING, Leeds, Yorkshire († 1971)
• Aaltje Hendriks van der Veen, Tolbert († 1966)

• Aleijda Antonia VAN VELSEN (57), Arnhem
• Adriana Magdalena Norberta van Hoof (71), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Sophia Wilhelmine Lohmann (53)
• Anne Hendriks Pluim (68), Kallenkote
• Aaltje Rozendal (33), Hoogeveen
• Anna Cornelia van DORST (0)
• Anthoon Willems Souwer (55), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus POTTERS (47), Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl)
• Adriana Magdalena Norberta van HOOF (71), 's-Hertogenbosch, 4192, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham de Raaij (Raay) (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1877 » Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician († 1971)
• 1883 » Fernand Gonder, French pole vaulter († 1969)
• 1883 » Robert Lowie, Austrian-American anthropologist and academic († 1957)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic († 1920)
• 1890 » Egon Schiele, Austrian soldier and painter († 1918)
• 1892 » Djuna Barnes, American novelist, journalist, and playwright († 1982)
• 1895 » Eugénie Brazier, French chef († 1977)
• 1897 » Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1977)
• 1899 » Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1899 » Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist († 1968)

• 1841 » Konstantinos Nikolopoulos, Greek composer, archaeologist, and philologist (b. 1786)
• 1900 » Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (b. 1820)
• 1904 » Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1822)
• 1917 » Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Theo Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Russian general (b. 1893)
• 1944 » Erich Marcks, German general (b. 1891)
• 1946 » Médéric Martin, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (b. 1875)

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.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
• July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

The temperature on June 12, 1889 was about 21.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.