About the day » Thursday November 21, 1889Calender converter

• Aaltje Seggers, Gieten, Drente, Nederland († 1949)
• Albert Karst, Oranjedorp-Gem. Emmen
• Anna Friederika Lohmann, Rheinberg, Kreis Wesel, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Adrianus Jacobus Kleijn, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Zijl, Vianen († 1890)
• Albert Bosscha, Terwispel,Gemeente Opsterland,Friesland,Nederland
• Albertus Josephus Mulders, Voerendaal († 1934)
• "Robert" Frédéric Michel de Lencquesaing, château de Laprée, Quiestède, Pas-de-Calais, France († 1968)
• Alma Bressel, Danzig Gdansk, Poland
• Adrianus Jacobus Kools, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Abraham de Voogt (0), Domburg, Walcheren, NL
• Adrianus de Wit (55), Zwijndrecht
• Adrianus de WIT (55)
• Ankje Louws Sikkama (70), Kollum, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van der Dussen (43), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• D'Hulster (0), Oostende
• Anne jilderts Dijkstra (73), Balk,Friesland,Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Adams (79), Tilburg
• Anna Maria Tangelder (43), Ruurlo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Leonardus Bernardus Willemsen (1), 's-Hertogenbosch

• 1876 » Olav Duun, Norwegian author and educator († 1939)
• 1877 » Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer and educator († 1933)
• 1878 » Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of Justice († 1949)
• 1886 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician († 1968)
• 1894 » Cecil M. Harden, American politician († 1984)
• 1897 » Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist († 1980)
• 1898 » René Magritte, Belgian painter († 1967)
• 1899 » Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha († 1987)
• 1899 » Jobyna Ralston, American actress († 1967)
• 1902 » Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster († 1985)

• 1861 » Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French priest and activist (b. 1802)
• 1870 » Karel Jaromír Erben, Czech historian and poet (b. 1811)
• 1874 » Marià Fortuny, Spanish painter (b. 1838)
• 1881 » Ami Boué, German-Austrian geologist and ethnographer (b. 1794)
• 1899 » Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Harry Boyle, Australian cricketer (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
• 1908 » Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)
• 1909 » Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Franz Joseph I of Austria (b. 1830)

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 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
• July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
• September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.

The temperature on November 21, 1889 was about -1.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.