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• Adrianus Hendrikus Bredero, Utrecht († 1947)
• Akke Herkes Piso, Cornwerd, Friesland, Nederland († 1908)
• Aafje van der Does, Katwijk aan den Rijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• * Jacob Zwijnenburg, Streefkerk († 1975)
• Adeline Germaine Goddyn, Oostnieuwkerke († 1961)
• Alida Elisa Vroman, Meulebeke, WVL, B († 1968)
• OLDENKAMP, Leggeloo († 1977)
• Agatha Petronella Olivier, Saparoea,, Nederlands-Indië († 1980)
• Anne Maria de Keijzer, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphons Louis Ignatius DEUMENS, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands

• Arent, Tieme van Gerdinge (1), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Aloijsius Verdam (0), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan Broeders (70), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Bergholtz (0), Maastricht, Nederland
• Adriana van Boekel (38), Berghem
• Carl Markbreiter (44), Wien, Autriche
• Anna Maria Van Lippeloy, Kapellen
• Berend Kapel (64), Doetinchem
• Christina F. Schmidhamer (54), Batavia
• Adrianus van Adrichem (48), Den Haag

• 1877 » Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist († 1970)
• 1880 » Premchand, Indian author and playwright († 1936)
• 1883 » Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer († 1959)
• 1884 » Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Polish-German economist and politician († 1945)
• 1886 » Fred Quimby, American animation producer († 1965)
• 1886 » Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mob boss († 1931)
• 1887 » Hans Freyer, German sociologist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1892 » Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist and publisher, founded Worldwide Church of God († 1986)
• 1892 » Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop († 1959)
• 1894 » Fred Keenor, Welsh footballer († 1972)

• 1864 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
• 1875 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
• 1884 » Kiến Phúc, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1869)
• 1886 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)

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.
• March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• 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.
• May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.

The temperature on July 31, 1889 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.