About the day » Friday May 10, 1889Calender converter

• Adriana Maria van der Stap, Delft, S.Holl., Neth († 1889)
• (Maria) Mechtildis Delbroek, Gruitrode,, Limburg, België († 1971)
• Anna Maria Cornelia Meijers, Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1889)
• Adrianus Oomes, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1972)
• Alice HUFFMAN, Kroghville, Jefferson, Wisconsin († 1931)
• Adrianus Oomes, Oosterhout († 1972)
• Anna Bakker, Wissenkerke, Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hoogers, Zwolle
• Adrianus (Arie) van Nierop, Stompwijk
• Adrianus van Nierop

• Alexander Jacobus van Breda (74), Newlands (KP/Zuid-Afrika)
• Anthonij Beij (97), Leiden
• Adrianus van Eijk,, Leimuiden
• Antoine Mahieux (62), Tournai, 7500, Hainaut, Belgique
• Preuninger (0), Delft
• Anthony Beij (97), Leiden
• Albert Jan Schepers (4), Slagharen
• Ariaantje Bolkestijn (81), Delft
• Alida Johannesdr. van Hennen (77), Gouda
• Adrianus van Eijk (57), Leimuiden

• 1879 » Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician († 1926)
• 1886 » Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author († 1968)
• 1888 » Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor († 1971)
• 1890 » Alfred Jodl, German general († 1946)
• 1891 » Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and academic († 1934)
• 1893 » Tonita Peña, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) artist († 1949)
• 1894 » Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor († 1979)
• 1897 » Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway († 1987)
• 1898 » Ariel Durant, American historian and author († 1981)
• 1899 » Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer († 1987)

• 1829 » Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
• 1849 » Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)
• 1863 » Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824)
• 1868 » Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
• 1889 » Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Carl Nägeli, Swiss botanist and mycologist (b. 1817)
• 1897 » Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
• 1910 » Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)

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 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
• 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.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
• 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 May 10, 1889 was about 18.0 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.