About the day » Wednesday September 4, 1889Calender converter

• Antoon Schoe, Delfzijl (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1889)
• Aaltje van den Berg, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1923)
• Andries Lucas Fictoor, Bloemendaal († 1962)
• Aart Bartus van Oort, Lienden († 1982)
• Alphonsus Gustavus Cremers, Herent
• Adriaan Werther, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1889)
• Aafje van Esveld, Tiel, 4001, Nederland († 1955)
• * Martijntje Weggers, Sliedrecht († 1956)
• NIJMAN, Aalten, Gelderland, NL († 1889)
• Adronie CASTELEIN, Woumen († 1952)

• Aloysia Schirndinger von Schirnding (73), Plandry / Preitenhof, Tchéquie
• Catharina Zadelaar (77), Kekerdom, Nederland
• Andries van Bezooijen (86), Dinteloord
• Aaltje Tiemens Meester (83), Giethoorn
• Andries van Bezooijen (86), Dinteloord en Prinsenland Noord Brabant (NL)
• Charles Evert Vincent van Romondt (30), St. Maarten
• Anna Alfonsine Noé (2), Grote-Spouwen, Bilzen, België
• Carolus de Buck (62), IJzendijke, Nederland
• Antoinette Marie Henriette Geomini (0), Venlo, Lim, Nederland
• Abraham Israel LAVINO (79), Rotterdam, Nederland

• 1885 » Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal († 1971)
• 1886 » Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of The Salvation Army († 1967)
• 1887 » Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
• 1888 » Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer († 1943)
• 1890 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter († 1947)
• 1891 » Fritz Todt, German engineer and politician († 1942)
• 1892 » Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator († 1974)
• 1896 » Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright († 1948)
• 1901 » William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars († 1985)
• 1902 » Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer († 1996)

• 1821 » José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (b. 1785)
• 1849 » Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)
• 1852 » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)

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 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on September 4, 1889 was about 17.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.