About the day » Thursday August 1, 1889Calender converter

• "Christian" Marie Joseph Gabriel de La Villéon, château de Miniac, Miniac-Morvan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France († 1972)
• Alphonse Jozeph Georges, 's-Gravenhage († 1957)
• Anna Cornelia van Beveren, Rotterdam
• Angelina Lacharité, Quebec († 1954)
• Alphonsine Augustine Marie van Oppen, Maastricht († 1984)
• Adriaan Goedegebuure, St. Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1905)
• Albert Soer, Ruinen-Anserweide († 1981)
• Anna Frederica Schwiebbe, Kieldrecht
• van Holstein († 1984)
• Aaltje Bjintzes Jelsma, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1969)

• Anna Kok (0), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Wilkens (49), Uithuizen (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Albertus Gerritszn Hartman (55), Ooij
• Adriaantje Karssens (17), Vries
• Angeline Cools (74), Geel, België
• Allagonda van Dodewaard, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda van Dodewaard (7), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna WILKENS (49), Uithuizen Groningen Netherlands
• Alida van 't Hof (0), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Adriana Pietersd De GREEF, Klundert

• 1878 » Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1961)
• 1881 » Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic († 1940)
• 1885 » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1889 » Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic († 1979)
• 1891 » Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1968)
• 1893 » Alexander of Greece († 1920)
• 1894 » Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist († 1927)
• 1898 » Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director († 1980)
• 1899 » Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman († 1980)
• 1900 » Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player († 1965)

• 1863 » Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (b. 1817)
• 1866 » John Ross, American tribal chief (b. 1790)
• 1869 » Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
• 1869 » Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)

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.
• 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.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
• 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 August 1, 1889 was about 19.4 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.