About the day » Monday January 28, 1889Calender converter

• Jantje Tigelaar, Hoogeveen († 1954)
• Aaltje Elisa Wilhelmina Jonker, Sappemeer,, Groningen, Nederland († 1958)
• Albert van Been-, Roden, Nederland († 1891)
• Angelina Ludovica GEUDENS, Geel Belgie († 1988)
• Agnes Hekkens, Tegelen († 1945)
• Aartje van den Hoeven, Odijk († 1927)
• Aldert Kamstra, Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland († 1948)
• Albert Hamilton Lane, Valley Mills, Bosque, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Aaltje Bosveld, Elst
• Adam Arie Wijnands, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1910)

• Anna Maria Sophia Dusée (35), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Stortman (81), Avereest, Ov, Nederland
• Adrianus Leonardus Romeijn (0), overschie (thans rotterdam)
• Anna Maria Clara KOEKELKOREN (73), Berg en Terblijt (Limburg) (NL)
• Anna Maria Sophia Dusée (35), Tilburg
• Aaltje de Groot (76), Utrecht
• Alijda Maria Wijnekus (0), Den Haag
• Adriana van Luijk (0), Rotterdam
• Aaltje (59), Benschop
• van Meerloo (0), Veenwouden

• 1875 » Julián Carrillo, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1965)
• 1878 » Walter Kollo, German composer and conductor († 1940)
• 1880 » Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer and coach († 1970)
• 1884 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer († 1962)
• 1885 » Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist († 1920)
• 1886 » Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic († 1976)
• 1886 » Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet († 1973)
• 1887 » Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist and educator († 1982)
• 1897 » Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright († 1986)
• 1900 » Alice Neel, American painter († 1984)

• 1859 » F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
• 1864 » Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
• 1873 » John Hart, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of South Australia (b. 1809)
• 1903 » Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1912 » Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
• 1918 » John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
• 1921 » Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (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.
• March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• 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.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
• 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.
• November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.

The temperature on January 28, 1889 was about 3.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.