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• Alida Albertha Johanna de Wit, Den Helder, Nederland
• Anna Anthonia van Schaik, Utrecht († 1893)
• Antje Jacobdr Balder, Broek op Langedijk, Nederland († 1979)
• Antje Balder, Broek op L'dijk († 1979)
• Cornelis Boer, Oudshoorn († 1973)
• Antonia Johanna Spenner, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1918)
• Adrianus Johannes van Leeuwen, Beesd West Betuwe (GL) († 1975)
• Alida Desnouck, Staden West-Vlaanderen België († 1902)
• Anna Anthonia van Schaik, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1893)
• Alida Albertha Johanna de Wit, Den Helder

• Adrianus van Tichelen (74), Essen (België)
• Albert J Daniel (24), Williamsville, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Gertrudis van Kessel (69), Helden, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana Wielemaker (58), Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL
• Angela Clementia Desitter (6), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Aartje van Norel (13), Uddel (Gem. Apeldoorn)
• Antje POPTA (82), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Andries Cornelis Bos (49), Terschelling
• Anna Gertrudis Kessels (69), Helden,Li.NL
• Abraham Benedictus (70), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland)

• 1873 » Nictzin Dyalhis, American author (d.1942)
• 1877 » Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1879 » Mabel Lucie Attwell, English author and illustrator († 1964)
• 1880 » Clara Blandick, American actress († 1962)
• 1885 » Arturo Rawson, Argentinian general and politician, 26th President of Argentina († 1952)
• 1887 » Tom Longboat, Canadian runner and soldier († 1949)
• 1889 » Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist († 1960)
• 1903 » Yevgeny Mravinsky, Russian conductor († 1988)
• 1904 » Bhagat Puran Singh, Indian publisher, environmentalist, and philanthropist († 1992)
• 1907 » Jacques Roumain, Haitian journalist and politician († 1944)

• 1872 » Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1798)
• 1875 » Eduard Mörike, German pastor and poet (b. 1804)
• 1876 » Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1830)
• 1922 » W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Margaret Murray Washington, American Academic (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Fred Spofforth, Australian-English cricketer and coach (b. 1853)
• 1928 » Zhang Zuolin, Chinese warlord (b. 1873)
• 1929 » Harry Frazee, American director, producer, and agent (b. 1881)
• 1931 » Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Sharif and Emir of Mecca, King of the Hejaz (b. 1853/54)
• 1933 » Ahmet Haşim, Turkish poet and author (b. 1884)

• 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.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• 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.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
• 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 June 4, 1889 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.