About the day » Sunday January 6, 1889Calender converter

• Albert Heinrich Meier, amsterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus de Kievit, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1964)
• Agatha Kist, Amsterdam
• Adam Muller, Rotterdam
• Adriana Hoffmans, Ammerzoden († 1933)
• Aaltje Josina Susanna Stil, 's Gravenhage († 1955)
• Albert Lijst, Middelveen(Zuidwolde) († 1889)
• "Wilhelmina" Adriana Roosendaal ROOSENDAAL, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alfons Edward Van Dooren, Niel († 1943)
• Agatha Johanna Wilhelmina van Veen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)

• Albertha Steenis (0), Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
• ARNOLDUS Maessen (0), Urmond
• Angenitha Petronella Quakkelaar (54), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Cornelia Goudzwaard (47), Oosterland, Zeeland, Nederland
• August Petrus Ljung (59), Lövhagen, Vallerstad (E)
• antje feller (1)
• Anna Catharina KEEPEN (56), Breda, 3379, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth van der Burg (0), Pijnacker, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Martens (4) Blaauw (63), ,, Hoornsterzwaag, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albertus (Arnoldus) ten Haaf (73), Wehl

• 1878 » Adeline Genée, Danish-born British ballerina († 1970)
• 1878 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian († 1967)
• 1880 » Tom Mix, American cowboy and actor († 1940)
• 1881 » Ion Minulescu, Romanian author, poet, and critic († 1944)
• 1882 » Fan S. Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Albania († 1965)
• 1882 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1961)
• 1883 » Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher († 1931)
• 1898 » James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot († 1965)
• 1899 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer († 1968)
• 1900 » Maria of Yugoslavia, Queen of Yugoslavia from 1922 to 1934 († 1961)

• 1882 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815)
• 1884 » Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
• 1885 » Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
• 1896 » Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
• 1902 » Lars Hertervig, Norwegian painter (b. 1830)
• 1913 » Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1919 » Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (b. 1839)

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.
• February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.

The temperature on January 6, 1889 was about -5.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.