About the day » Wednesday December 4, 1889Calender converter

• Anna Barbara Stevens, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1947)
• Allen Scheevel, USA († 1953)
• Alberta Maria Claes, Schelle, 2627, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Adriana Anker, Stolwijk
• Adriana Snoep, Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1962)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Buis, Amsterdam
• , Brugge, Belgium
• Pieter Westhoff, Loosduinen
• Aaltje Timmer, Groningen
• Adrina Vader, Arnemuiden, Walcheren, NL († 1892)

• Abraham Mendels (5), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aletta Anthonia Biezenaar (Biesenaar) (89), Gouda
• Adriana Engelsdr Verhagen (60), Heinenoord
• Adriana Verhagen (59), Heineroord
• Aiske Kramer (42), Ooststellingwerf
• Adriana VERHAGEN (60)
• Adriaan Kraaijeveld (76), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Bikkers (69), Vossebelt (Dalen)
• aagje van de jagt (0), ijsselmonde
• Aletta Anthonia Biesenaar (89), Gouda

• 1881 » Erwin von Witzleben, Polish-German field marshal († 1944)
• 1882 » Constance Davey, Australian psychologist († 1963)
• 1883 » Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author and playwright († 1969)
• 1884 » R. C. Majumdar, Indian historian († 1980)
• 1892 » Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain († 1975)
• 1892 » Liu Bocheng, Chinese commander and politician († 1986)
• 1893 » Herbert Read, English poet and critic († 1968)
• 1895 » Feng Youlan, Chinese philosopher and academic († 1990)
• 1897 » Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico († 1958)
• 1899 » Karl-Günther Heimsoth, German physician and politician († 1934)

• 1841 » David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
• 1845 » Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1850 » William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)
• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)

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.
• January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
• May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
• November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

The temperature on December 4, 1889 was about -1.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.