About the day » Thursday January 3, 1889Calender converter

• Anna Catharina Guilelmina Geevers, Delft
• Anna Berman Files, Chester, Pennsylvania († 1914)
• Alice RUSSELL, Catford, Kent
• Adriana Korbijn, Numansdorp († 1982)
• Izaak Jacobus Spelbrink, Rotterdam
• Anje Boerema, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Cornelisdr Vader, Blokker († 1960)
• Anna Catharina Tijs, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1937)
• Adriana van Gils, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)
• Aaltje Holkamp *, Steenwijk († 1948)

• Anna Elisabetha Vlayen (68), Herk-de-Stad
• Anna Maria Mandos (73), Rotterdam Nederland
• Alice Marie Julienne PAQUAY (0), 3,Septroux
• Annechien Rijks (0), Beerta, Groningen, Netherlands
• Bridget Conway (21), Louth, Ireland
• Christoffer op 't Ende (6), Vetstukken
• Annechien Westers (70), Nieuwe Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adriaan Doggen (69), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Sloot (57), Rotterdam
• Agnes Koenen (0), Groesbeek, NL

• 1883 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1967)
• 1883 » Duncan Gillis, Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower († 1963)
• 1884 » Raoul Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer († 1948)
• 1885 » Harry Elkins Widener, American businessman († 1912)
• 1886 » Arthur Mailey, Australian cricketer († 1967)
• 1886 » John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author († 1950)
• 1887 » August Macke, German-French painter († 1914)
• 1892 » J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist († 1973)
• 1894 » ZaSu Pitts, American actress († 1963)
• 1897 » Marion Davies, American actress and comedian († 1961)

• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)

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.
• February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• 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 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.
• 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 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

The temperature on January 3, 1889 was about -3.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.