About the day » Tuesday December 3, 1889Calender converter

• Anna Jans Calis, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1980)
• Adriana Hendrika Smits, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1944)
• Alida Prijt, Haarlem († 1950)
• Gertzen, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1889)
• Anna Christina Schirmer, Rotterdam († 1890)
• Plessing, Utrecht († 1889)
• "Gerardus" Gerrit Gerrit, Groesbeek, NL († 1984)
• Albert Veen van der, Achtkarspelen, Fr, Nederland († 1981)
• Albert Siebes van der Veen, Surhuizum, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1981)
• Aart van Zadelhoff, Mijdrecht († 1966)

• Antonius Gransch (65), Echt
• Aaltje Sijbrands Nijhoff (80), Termunterzijl (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Plessing (0), Utrecht
• Alida Johanna Brinkman (56), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van Schagen (29), Zuid-Scharwoude
• Aleida Johanna Heusinkveld (45), Varsseveld
• Anna Maria Paschen (72)
• Alida Vermeent (83), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Arend Groenhoff (0), Worth-Rheden
• Akke Ruurds van der Meer (78)

• 1883 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor († 1945)
• 1884 » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India († 1963)
• 1884 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1965)
• 1886 » Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1887 » Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese general and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan († 1990)
• 1891 » Thomas Farrell, American general († 1967)
• 1894 » Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician († 1975)
• 1895 » Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychologist and psychoanalyst († 1982)
• 1895 » Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord († 1970)
• 1897 » William Gropper, American cartoonist and painter († 1977)

• 1876 » Samuel Cooper, American general (b. 1798)
• 1882 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
• 1888 » Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
• 1890 » Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1892 » Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
• 1902 » Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 » David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
• 1912 » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)

• 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.
• May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
• August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
• September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
• 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.
• November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The temperature on December 3, 1889 was about -4.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.