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• Alida Gerarda Segers, Lisse († 1918)
• Aaltje Dassen († 1950)
• Alida Buisman, Enkhuizen († 1951)
• Adam Hendrik Bracht, Medemblik († 1959)
• Deegen († 1890)
• Adrianus Arnoldus Bertens, Tilburg († 1945)
• Adolf de Jongh, Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Geerts Meenderman, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 1952)
• Adolf de Jongh, Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland († 1965)
• Aaltje Boon, Nibbixwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1981)

• Daverveldt (0), Wouw
• Alida Charlotta Albertina de Brauw (79), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Verhoef (0), Jutphaas
• Amanda J. MrsJosephJ Cain [Cns7 VaidenBu] (52), Carroll County, Mississippi ac
• .Johanna II de Wilde (0), Moordrecht
• August Maria Ferdinand Karl Michael Gabriel Raffael Agricola Franz von Assisi Gonzaga Peter von Alcántara Loyola von Portugal (41), Lissabon, Portugal
• Antonius Wierikx (0), Oud Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Gruppen (0), Alteveer (Hoogeveen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Duin (31), Noord Scharwoude
• Alida van Geest (39), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1887 » Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director († 1967)
• 1887 » Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb († 1979)
• 1887 » Edwin Keppel Bennett, English author and poet († 1958)
• 1888 » J. Frank Dobie, American journalist and author († 1964)
• 1888 » T. S. Eliot, English poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1889 » Gordon Brewster, Irish cartoonist († 1946)
• 1889 » Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic († 1976)
• 1890 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager († 1959)
• 1891 » Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor († 1968)
• 1891 » William McKell, Australian politician, 12th Governor General of Australia († 1985)

• 1868 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (b. 1926)

• 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.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
• 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.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
• August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
• November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

The temperature on September 26, 1889 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.