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• Amie Julia Koper, New Orleans, Louisiana (USA) († 1931)
• * Willem Poelstra, Westernieland († 1956)
• Antonia Bogers, Tongelre († 1969)
• Anneke Daalman, Beerta († 1961)
• Antonius Schinkel, Nieuwkoop, Zevenhoven, ZH, Nederland († 1893)
• Feenstra, Ferwerderadeel
• Anna Maria Vernimmen, Terhagen († 1963)
• Alida Pieters van der Kwaak, Rijnsburg († 1951)
• Anna Roox, Veldwezelt († 1944)
• Anna Maria Vernimmen, Terhagen, Antwerpen, Belgie.akte 88 († 1963)

• Abram Degeling (0), Rozenburg, Nederland
• Anna Geertrui van Velsen (65), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Johanna de Boer (14), Deventer
• Adélaïde Adolphine Florence Bouchez (53), Pâturages, Colfontaine, Hainaut, Belgique
• Annigjen van de Lende (56), Kuinre, Nederland
• Adrianus Vreeburg (76), Dordrecht, The Netherlands
• Berendina Koenderink (60), Almelo
• Aaltje Jans Bijkerk* (69), Antrim, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje de Boer (69), Antrim, Michigan, United States
• Berendina Wilterdink (34), Miste, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1885 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter († 1962)
• 1885 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician († 1936)
• 1886 » Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia († 1918)
• 1886 » Willem Drees, Dutch politician and historian, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958) († 1988)
• 1888 » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1963)
• 1888 » Louise Freeland Jenkins, American astronomer and academic († 1970)
• 1889 » Jean Cocteau, French novelist, poet, and playwright († 1963)
• 1890 » Frederick Lewis Allen, American historian and journalist († 1954)
• 1891 » John Howard Northrop, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1891 » Tin Ujević, Croatian poet and translator († 1955)

• 1859 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
• 1862 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)
• 1863 » Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)
• 1884 » Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822)
• 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1929 » Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)

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.
• 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 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.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

The temperature on July 5, 1889 was about 23.2 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.