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• Aafje Tot, Terschelling, Frl, Nederland († 1889)
• Alexander Randolph Miller, Perth, Ontario, Canada († 1944)
• Alva Lionel McCallum, Bridgeville, Gaspe, Quebec, Canada
• Adolf van Zoelen, Beilen
• AALTJE POT, BARENDRECHT
• Achille Severien Janssens, Overmere († 1947)
• Adriana Johanna Vulto, Haarzuilens († 1935)
• Achielle Severien Janssens, Overmere († 1947)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Beckers, Rhoon
• Adrianus Visser de, Breda († 1889)

• Wijngaard (0), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Albert Melles Nienhuis (68), Grootegast
• Adrianus Franciscus Schepers (44), Halsteren
• Berentjen Berendje Rood (35), Blankenham
• Adriana Smaling (0), Woerden
• Adrianus Van Tichelt (74), Essen
• Adrianus Franciscus Schepers (45), Halsteren
• (l.l.) Post (0), Jaarsveld
• Aaltje Bouwmeester (78), Hollandscheveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Ann Harkins (57), Cedar Lake Township, Scott County, Minnesota

• 1885 » Karl Genzken, German physician († 1957)
• 1891 » William Funnell, Australian public servant († 1962)
• 1893 » Ernst Marcus, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1893 » Gaby Morlay, French actress († 1964)
• 1894 » Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist († 1942)
• 1895 » Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1897 » John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist († 1974)
• 1899 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician († 1945)
• 1899 » Eugène Lapierre, Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator († 1970)
• 1900 » Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously († 1945)

• 1846 » Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricaturist (b. 1799)
• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)

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 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
• January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• 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.
• 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 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 8, 1889 was about 24.3 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.