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• Antje Knot, Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland († 1890)
• Adriana Maria Emelia Cornelia van Puijenbroek, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1971)
• Alexis Julien PETURKENNE, LIEGE (rue de l'Espérance), Liège, Belgique
• Adrianus Habraken, Stratum (Eindhoven) († 1926)
• Allie D. Nance, Longview, Gregg, Texas († 1952)
• Andries de Ruiter, Mijnsheerenland
• Adriana van der GRAAF, Dubbeldam
• Allegonda Maria van Rossem, Oijen en Teeffelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1956)
• Adriana Maria Weststeijn, Loosduinen
• Adriana Maria (Jana) van Puijenbroek, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, NL († 1971)

• Catharina Duijsingx (90), Houthem-Valkenburg (Valkenburg aan de Geul), Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana van der Donk (0), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Adriana van Huijkelom (10), Moergestel, 10 jr
• Aaltje Klein Veldink (30), Rande 140 Diepenveen
• Carolus Matthias Hubertus Prömper (52), Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Aletta Staats (90), Hillsborough (Somerset County) (New Jersey)
• Christiaan Dirk Hovestad (75), Werkendam
• Arie Maartenszn Barendregt (53), IJsselmonde, Nederland
• Aaltjen Kleinveldink (30), Diepenveen
• Carol Alexander Clemens Vanhove (90), Woumen

• 1880 » Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas († 1964)
• 1884 » Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author († 1935)
• 1888 » Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark († 1940)
• 1889 » Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly († 1967)
• 1889 » Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish writer and member of the WW II Polish Resistance († 1968)
• 1890 » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1954)
• 1894 » V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India († 1980)
• 1895 » Hammy Love, Australian cricketer († 1969)
• 1897 » Jack Haley, American actor and singer († 1979)
• 1897 » John W. Galbreath, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Darby Dan Farm († 1988)

• 1862 » Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1875 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1890 » John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1913 » Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (b. 1869)
• 1915 » Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » John J. Loud, American inventor (b. 1844)
• 1918 » Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)

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 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
• 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 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
• November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
• 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 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

The temperature on August 10, 1889 was about 16.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.