About the day » Saturday April 27, 1889Calender converter

• Abraham Boogaard, Domburg, Walcheren, NL († 1889)
• Aaltje Konijnenberg, Epe
• Alphonse Benoit Soubry, Esen W. Vl. Belgium († 1889)
• Albertus Galesloot, Utrecht, Nederland († 1890)
• Gustenhoven, Doesburg († 1889)
• Aagje van den Hoven, Reeuwijk
• Verkerk, Culemborg (GL) († 1889)
• Adrianus Hubertus Vugts, Elshout
• Alphonsine Van Landeghem, Steendorp
• Alida Poot, Rotterdam

• Antje Sipkes Woudstra (75), Murmerwoude
• Adrianus Augustinus (65), IJzendoorn
• Amy Ethel Isabella Black (0), Preston, Victoria, Australia
• Albert Pekkeriet (67), Holten (Look)
• Gustenhoven (0), Doesburg
• Antje Soveele (81), Nijkerk
• Aaltje Hems (Hemmes) (39), Beerta (Veendam-Gr)
• Aaltje Roelfs Giezen (74), Tussenklappen, Muntendam
• Agatha van der Zee (28), Haarlem
• Aimable Joseph Baudry (76), Millonfosse, 59178, France

• 1882 » Jessie Redmon Fauset, American author and poet († 1961)
• 1887 » Warren Wood, American golfer († 1926)
• 1888 » Florence La Badie, Canadian actress († 1917)
• 1891 » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1953)
• 1893 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1939)
• 1893 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general († 1946)
• 1894 » George Petty, American painter and illustrator († 1975)
• 1894 » Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor († 1995)
• 1896 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1963)
• 1896 » William Hudson, New Zealand-Australian engineer († 1978)

• 1873 » William Macready, English actor and manager (b. 1793)
• 1882 » Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and philosopher (b. 1803)
• 1893 » John Ballance, Irish-born New Zealand journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1839)
• 1896 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian businessman and politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Alexander Scriabin, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1872)
• 1915 » John Labatt, Canadian businessman (b. 1838)
• 1932 » Hart Crane, American poet (b. 1899)
• 1936 » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 » Antonio Gramsci, Italian sociologist, linguist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Edmund Husserl, Czech mathematician and philosopher (b. 1859)

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

The temperature on April 27, 1889 was about 16.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.