About the day » Thursday February 7, 1889Calender converter

• Aaltje Wever, Muntendam, Gemeente Menterwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1890)
• Alida Hendrika Riphagen 9, Haarlem, Utrecht, Nederland
• , Voorhout, Netherlands († 1890)
• Ann Eugenie RANGER, 65 Church Street, Bethnal Green, Hackney, Middlesex († 1979)
• Andries Kroese, Zaandam († 1969)
• Adriana de Goeij, Haaften
• Adriaan Pieter BRONNER, Sloten
• Albertus Arie van den Berg, Utrecht († 1889)
• Aafke Mulder, Niehove, Oldehove,, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Gompelman, Amsterdam

• Antje (Catharina) Zuiderduin (42), Wijk aan Zee
• Antje Zuiderduin (42), Wijk aan Zee
• Albertus Johannes van Lith (21)
• Adriaantje de Rover (83), Gorinchem
• Antonia Tak (81), Oud en nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Van de Sande (37), Oorderen
• Aaltje Ganzeboer (2), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Alteveer)
• Albert Bisschop (22), Ruinen
• Antonius Christianus van Nispen (27), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagtje van Duijn (0), Zandvoort

• 1877 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist († 1947)
• 1878 » Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor († 1936)
• 1885 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal († 1953)
• 1885 » Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1887 » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1889 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist († 1976)
• 1893 » Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1988)
• 1893 » Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher († 1934)
• 1895 » Anita Stewart, American actress († 1961)
• 1901 » Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance († 1989)

• 1862 » Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1787)
• 1864 » Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (b. 1787)
• 1871 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (b. 1797)
• 1873 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
• 1891 » Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (b. 1849)
• 1897 » Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)
• 1919 » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1920 » Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)

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.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
• November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The temperature on February 7, 1889 was about 1.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.