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• Anna Maria Emelie Hoffman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Hoogendam, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Johanna Donderwinkel, Brummen († 1945)
• Adriana Geertruida Cornelia KORVING, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 1969)
• Aagje (2) Elberse, Woerden († 1959)
• "Pierre" Marie Joseph Anne de Robien, Mégaudais, Mayenne, France († 1975)
• Anne Sijtzes Sijtema, Oldeboorn, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1968)
• Andrew Mathew HOLLEMAN, Granville, Jackson, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1936)
• Aaltje Hulzebosch, Lutten, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1923)
• Andries Hoogendam, Vlaardingen

• Albert Decimer Hannessen (0), Harderwijk
• Catharina Droog (66), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Paulina Labree (67), Rotterdam
• Cornelia van Gils (85), Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina (Trijntje) Droog (66), Alkmaar
• Aaltje VAN RINSUM (75), Gendt, 6691, Nederland
• Cornelia Jacobsz Hoogerwerff (74), Zwijndrecht
• Aleida Krops- (0), Mussel, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Jacoba Kruger (69), Steynsburg
• Catharina van der Borg (0), Rotterdam, Nederland

• 1883 » T. E. Hulme, English poet and critic († 1917)
• 1886 » Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1887 » Nadia Boulanger, French composer and educator († 1979)
• 1888 » Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1888 » W. O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited († 1971)
• 1890 » Avigdor Hameiri, Israeli author († 1970)
• 1891 » Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany († 1980)
• 1891 » Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy († 1972)
• 1893 » Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian-American physiologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1893 » Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1956)

• 1865 » Christian de Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
• 1887 » Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (b. 1841)
• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)

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.
• February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

The temperature on September 16, 1889 was about 13.8 °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 52%.