About the day » Tuesday February 5, 1889Calender converter

• Aaltje Meinderts de Haan, Langezwaag († 1932)
• Albertus Johannes Jozef Tangel, 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Aaltje (Meinderts) De Haan, Langezwaag, Friesland, Nederland († 1932)
• Abraham Cornelis OOREBEEK, Spijkenisse († 1971)
• Agatha Stam, IJmuiden († 1952)
• Adriana Teuna van Gelder, IJsselmonde († 1960)
• Amedée Hector Bossuijt, Zwevegem, Belgium († 1965)
• Hanemaaijer, De Lier († 1899)
• Alida Mathilda Smallenburg, 's-Graveland († 1889)
• Cornelia(Kee) Smit († 1968)

• Anna Wagenaar (67), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafje van Aalsburg (50), Kedichem
• Antonia Kuit, Medemblik
• Alida Jacoba van der Mark (16), Noordwijk
• Adriaan Luteijn (83)
• Anna Maria Sauverens (73), Tongeren
• Aaltje Hazelaar (15), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Cornelia Dekker (0), Den Helder
• Antonius Dirkx (51), Reusel
• Andries van Ankeren (67), Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1876 » Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player († 1931)
• 1878 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën († 1935)
• 1880 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer († 1973)
• 1889 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1962)
• 1889 » Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer († 1962)
• 1889 » Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician († 1950)
• 1891 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower († 1976)
• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)
• 1897 » Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO († 1979)
• 1900 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1965)

• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

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 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
• November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The temperature on February 5, 1889 was about 0.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 34 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.