About the day » Monday June 17, 1889Calender converter

• Abel Kuizinga (Kuizenga), Baflo, den Andel, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland († 1939)
• Albertine GAUTHIER, Mennecy,91386,Essonne,Ile-de-France,FRANCE
• Anna Maria Levink, Lonneker († 1889)
• Alberdina de JONG, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonie BAAN, Dordrecht
• Anna, Levina Berkhoudt, Utrecht († 1946)
• Aaltje Ruige, Lies, Terschelling, Netherlands († 1959)
• Aaltje DERKS († 1949)
• Adrianus Vogt, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Maria Deckers, Empel en Meerwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Annigie Arends Jonker (69), Zuidwolde, DR, Nederland
• Antje Ottema (3), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Christiani (1), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Planteijdt (26), Nrd-Zd-Schermer
• Afke Pieters Hottinga (76), Westhem (WYM), Wymbritseradiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Mietjes (65), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Schaafs (63), amsterdam, Nederland
• Antje Fongers Kloosterman (42), mirns en bakhuizen
• "Henrica" Hendrica Hendrica (75), Best, NL
• Anne Atsma (27), Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1880 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer († 1964)
• 1881 » Tommy Burns, Canadian boxer and promoter († 1955)
• 1882 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1918)
• 1882 » Igor Stravinsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1971)
• 1888 » Heinz Guderian, German general († 1954)
• 1897 » Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint († 1911)
• 1898 » Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic († 1961)
• 1898 » Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter († 2009)
• 1898 » M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator († 1972)
• 1900 » Martin Bormann, German politician († 1945)

• 1839 » Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (b. 1774)
• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (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.
• January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
• January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• 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.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.

The temperature on June 17, 1889 was about 18.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.