About the day » Saturday February 9, 1889Calender converter

• Adolf Dessing, ,, Monster, Nederland († 1890)
• Abraham Matthias Mohr, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Ada Amelia Dodson, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1931)
• Alberic Joannes Desnouck, Kachtem West-Vlaanderen België
• Adriaantje Onderdelinden, Heinenoord
• Adriana de Bruin, de Lier
• Adriaantje ONDERDELINDEN, Heinenoord († 1970)
• Aaltje Pietertje de Redelijkheid, Berkenwoude, Bergambacht, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Adriana de Bruin, De Lier, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerrit Rijsdijk, Charlois († 1889)

• Adrianus van Driel, de Werken
• Roijers (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloysius D'hooghe (52), St.Kruis Winkel
• Alida Maria VERLOOP (0), Noordwijk
• Aaltjen Oldeman (80), Wierden
• Bendicht Schwab (57), Institution in Worben, Bern, Swi
• Anna van Ooijen (27), Hedikhijzen
• Aloyisius D'hooghe (52), Sint-Kruis-Winkel, België
• Alida Maria Verloop (0), Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alida Angeneta WIEGMAN (35), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1883 » Jules Berry, French actor and director († 1951)
• 1885 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator († 1935)
• 1885 » Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author († 1960)
• 1889 » Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter († 1928)
• 1891 » Ronald Colman, English-American actor († 1958)
• 1892 » Peggy Wood, American actress († 1978)
• 1893 » Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece († 1987)
• 1895 » Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia († 1959)
• 1896 » Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator († 1982)
• 1897 » Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot († 1935)

• 1857 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 » Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Charles Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Victoria (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1928 » William Gillies, Australian politician, 21st Premier of Queensland (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)

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.
• January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
• January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The temperature on February 9, 1889 was about 1.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 190 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.