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• Anna Maria Louisa de Rooij, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Ghislenus - Bert D'Haese, Geraardsbergen,Oost Vlaanderen,Belgique († 1982)
• Alida Catharina Zwarts, Delft († 1889)
• Agatha Elferink, Sassenheim, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Anna Maria Meuris, Hulshout (2235, Antwerpen)
• Albertus Martinus van Tintelen, Maurik, Gelderland, Nederland († 1889)
• Aaltje Gravemaker, Sloten,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Adrianus Johannes van Hassel, Zundert. Noord-Brabant († 1889)
• Adriana Josepha van Zon, Helden († 1970)
• Albert VOLGERS, Doetinchem, Nederland, Gelderland, Ambt, Langerak († 1890)

• Aaltje Molenaar (48), Wijdenes
• ALBERT BROEKHUIS (11), Apeldoorn
• Anna Maria van Bergen (2), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Neesje Vermaat (0), Goudswaard
• Arie KORTEWEG (87), Zevenbergen, 4427, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Jan van den Heuvel (0), Haarlem
• Anne Marie GOFFINET (60), LIERNEUX (Noirefontaine), Liège, Belgique
• Albert Doornbos (38), Groningen
• Arnoldus Johannes Philippus Heins (35), Zwolle
• Adrianus Waalen (94), Bladel en Netersel

• 1883 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist, philosopher, and academic († 1946)
• 1884 » Frederick Lorz, American runner († 1914)
• 1884 » Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author († 1969)
• 1884 » Ralph Benatzky, Czech-Swiss composer († 1957)
• 1892 » Jaan Kikkas, Estonian weightlifter († 1944)
• 1894 » Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher and academic († 1976)
• 1895 » William Boyd, American actor and producer († 1972)
• 1895 » William Roberts, English soldier and painter († 1980)
• 1898 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director († 1936)
• 1898 » Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian shoe designer, founded Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. († 1960)

• 1866 » John McDouall Stuart, Scottish explorer and surveyor (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Antonio Luna, Filipino general (b. 1866)
• 1900 » Stephen Crane, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1871)
• 1906 » Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (b. 1842)
• 1910 » O. Henry, American short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1913 » Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Irish-born British field marshal and politician, Secretary of State for War (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Rhoda Broughton, Welsh-English author (b. 1840)
• 1921 » Georges Feydeau, French playwright (b. 1862)
• 1921 » Will Crooks, English trade unionist and politician (b. 1852)

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.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
• June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

The temperature on June 5, 1889 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.