About the day » Friday August 9, 1889Calender converter

• Alexander van der Beek, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Alida Maria MEERMANS, Rotterdam
• Albert EVENHUIS, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1966)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Maria van der Plas, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, NL
• ANNA CORNELIA VELLEKOOP, HAARLEMMERMEER
• Aaltje Bijlsma, Lemsterland
• Alyda Johanna MENTINK, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1973)
• Aleida Berendina Brilman († 1988)
• Adriana RAAIJMAKERS, Bergen Op Zoom (N. Br. Nl)
• Aaltje Duif, Monnickendam

• Antje Oudshoorn (0), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, NL
• Arien Bijpost (72), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Wiegers Postma (81)
• Apolonia Verdonk (46), Ovezande
• Antje Ates Beintema (72), Holwerd, Westdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adam Kokshoorn (43), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
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• Carolus Franciscus WASTYN (68)
• Adrianus Don Portocarero (32), Oud Turnhout
• Anna Pieters Hazenberg (57), Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland

• 1878 » Eileen Gray, Irish architect and furniture designer († 1976)
• 1879 » John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia, († 1956)
• 1881 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince († 1918)
• 1890 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle († 1958)
• 1896 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist († 1980)
• 1896 » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher († 1980)
• 1899 » P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress († 1996)
• 1901 » Charles Farrell, American actor and singer († 1990)
• 1902 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Russian general and politician († 1984)
• 1902 » Zino Francescatti, French violinist († 1991)

• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

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.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• 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.
• July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
• 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 9, 1889 was about 19.6 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%.