About the day » Monday July 15, 1889Calender converter

• Anna Francijna de Keijzer, De Werken en Sleeuwijk († 1889)
• Aliette Marie Charlotte de Dreux-Brézé, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines, France († 1975)
• Adrianus Opdam, Zegwaart-Zuid-Holland-Nederland
• Aaltje Middelhof, Blokzijl
• ALOYSIUS FRANCISCUS MARIMAN, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1889)
• Ann Lawson (Jones), United States of America († 1982)
• Age Zalmstra, Mirns en Bakhuizen
• Adrianus Opdam, Zegwaart, Zoetermeer, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Timmers, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Niederlande
• Rietveld, krimpen aan den ijssel (zuid holland)

• Anneke Schot (0), Gorinchem
• Carl Wilhelm Schulpius (71), Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Arent Evers (0), Arnhem
• Arij Vos (81), WIJK (Altena), Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Woude (42), Avereest
• Annechien Jans SLAGTER (78), Koekange, gem. De Wijk
• Aatje van der Weide (42), Avereest
• Arnoldus Johannes Hensen (37), Zwolle
• Arend Slagter (70), Eelde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Berend Menze Gras (3), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1880 » Enrique Mosca, Argentinian lawyer and politician († 1950)
• 1887 » Wharton Esherick, American sculptor († 1970)
• 1892 » Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic († 1940)
• 1893 » Dick Rauch, American football player and coach († 1970)
• 1893 » Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress († 1969)
• 1894 » Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer († 1989)
• 1899 » Seán Lemass, Irish soldier and politician, 4th Taoiseach of Ireland († 1971)
• 1902 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission († 1983)
• 1903 » K. Kamaraj, Indian journalist and politician († 1975)
• 1903 » Walter D. Edmonds, American journalist and author († 1998)

• 1851 » Juan Felipe Ibarra, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1787)
• 1857 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791)
• 1858 » Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)
• 1883 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (b. 1838)
• 1885 » Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop († 1825)
• 1904 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (b. 1860)
• 1919 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1929 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
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 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

The temperature on July 15, 1889 was about 13.3 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.