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• Aloysia de Quadt-Wykradt-Isny († 1981)
• Adriana Wielemaker, Koudekerke, Zeeland, NL († 1961)
• Albert Percy Greenfield, NZBDM 1889/14669 Dunedin, New Zealand († 1962)
• Adriaan Gool van, Terheijden († 1961)
• Albert Drent, Nieuw Dordrecht († 1893)
• Aleida Bekendam, Kampen († 1890)
• Albertje van Hoorn, Holte, Groningen, Nederland († 1968)
• Aimee L Didier, Indiana († 1970)
• Albert Drenth, Nieuw-Dordrecht Emmen dr NL († 1893)
• Alida Stoker, Zuilen

• Arie Redeker (69), Schiedam
• Aartjen Gijsberts Bossenbroek (72), Zevenhuizen, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hudepohl (43), Erica (Emmen)
• Antonie Meyer (66), Erp,Gemeente Veghel,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Abraham Verhulst (26), Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland, NL
• Antonie Meijer (66), Erp
• Adriana Wilhelmina Hartmans (0), Ooltgensplaat, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria (Johannes Gerardus Tien) Hudepohl (43), Erica, gem. Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arie Klaas Jansz Arisz (76), Velsen
• Adriana Wilhelmina Hartmans (0), Ooltgensplaat, Nederland

• 1883 » Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor († 1950)
• 1885 » Elinor Wylie, American author and poet († 1928)
• 1887 » Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic († 1964)
• 1892 » Eric Harrison, Australian soldier and politician, 27th Australian Minister for Defence († 1974)
• 1892 » Oscar O'Brien, Canadian priest, pianist, and composer († 1958)
• 1893 » Leslie Hore-Belisha, English politician, Secretary of State for War († 1957)
• 1894 » George Waggner, American actor, director, and producer († 1984)
• 1894 » Vic Richardson, Australian cricketer, footballer, and sportscaster († 1969)
• 1895 » Jacques Vaché, French author and poet († 1919)
• 1900 » Taylor Caldwell, English-American author († 1985)

• 1871 » Kimenzan Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 13th Yokozuna (b. 1826)
• 1871 » Mehmed Emin Aali Pasha, Ottoman politician, 217th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Sidney Lanier, American poet and academic (b. 1842)
• 1891 » Lorenzo Sawyer, American lawyer and judge (b. 1820)
• 1892 » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (b. 1807)
• 1893 » Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (b. 1808)
• 1907 » Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian philologist, journalist, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1910 » William Holman Hunt, English painter and soldier (b. 1827)
• 1920 » Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Alfred William Rich, English author and painter (b. 1856)

• 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 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• 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.
• September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
• 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.

The temperature on September 7, 1889 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.