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• 00 Anna Hoepelman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL († 1943)
• Albert Mars, Zaandam
• Albertus Rensen, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1889)
• Agnes Cornelia Cuenen, Grote-Spouwen, België († 1947)
• Adriana Blonk, Schiedam
• Adriana Blonk, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• AGATHA VERKADE, SCHIEDAM († 1890)
• Abrahanna Wilhelmina Voges, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Verkade, Schiedam
• Abraham Buijs, Middelburg († 1890)

• Anna Antonia Jansen (7), Gaanderen, Gelderland (NL.)
• Anna Maria Wilkinson
• Arij van Os (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arent Cornelisz. van Prooijen (41), Haarlemmermeer (NH Nederland)
• Antonia van Dam (2), Gouda
• Aaltje Koning (39)
• Aukje Smeding (54), Bielefeld, Duitsland
• Anna Maria Borgmann (42), Dankern (D.)
• Arent van Prooijen (41), Haarlemmermeer
• Antje Abels Smit (92), Den, Helder

• 1879 » Han Yong-un, Korean poet († 1944)
• 1879 » Margherita Piazzola Beloch, Italian mathematician († 1976)
• 1880 » Tod Browning, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1884 » Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor († 1920)
• 1884 » Louis B. Mayer, Russian-born American film producer, co-founded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer († 1957)
• 1886 » Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director († 1956)
• 1892 » Bruno Schulz, Ukrainian-Polish author and painter († 1942)
• 1895 » Buckminster Fuller, American architect and engineer, designed the Montreal Biosphère († 1983)
• 1895 » Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano († 1962)
• 1895 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and songwriter († 1960)

• 1845 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian linguist, poet, and playwright (b. 1808)
• 1850 » Robert Stevenson, Scottish engineer (b. 1772)
• 1855 » Pavel Nakhimov, Russian admiral (b. 1802)
• 1870 » John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (b. 1809)
• 1892 » Alexander Cartwright, American firefighter, invented baseball (b. 1820)
• 1910 » Charles Rolls, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Charles Wood Irish composer (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Gertrude Bell, English archaeologist and spy (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Robert Henri, American painter and educator (b. 1865)
• 1931 » Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• 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.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• 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.
• November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The temperature on July 12, 1889 was about 19.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.