About the day » Tuesday February 5, 1889Calender converter

• ALPHONS DOMINICUS VAN OSSELAER, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Aleida Willemina Scholten, Hengelo (Ge), Gelderland, Nederland
• Agatha (Agie) Alberts Stam, Velsen († 1952)
• Alida Mathilda Smallenburg, 's-Graveland († 1889)
• Anna Bernardina Wensink, Bergh
• Abram Cornelis Oorebeek, Spijkenisse
• Aleida Wilhelmina Scholten, Doetinchem, Nederland († 1955)
• Agatha (Agie) STAM, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Aaltje Tijmes, Koekange,Drenthe,Niederlande († 1959)
• Akke REINALDA, Enschede, 5072, Overijssel, Nederland († 1968)

• Aafje van Aalsburg (50), Kedichem
• Anna Wagenaar (67), Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Sophia de Ruiter (0), Charlois
• Aalbertus de Boer (0), Steenwijk
• Antje Gerrits de Wendt (90), Anjum
• Anna Catharina Alders (89), Hönnepel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Antonia Kuit, Medemblik
• Anson COULSON (86)
• Age Jans Boogaard (47), Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland, Nederland
• Age Boogaard (47), Workum, Friesland, Nederland

• 1876 » Ernie McLea, Canadian ice hockey player († 1931)
• 1878 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën († 1935)
• 1880 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer († 1973)
• 1889 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1962)
• 1889 » Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer († 1962)
• 1889 » Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician († 1950)
• 1891 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower († 1976)
• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)
• 1897 » Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO († 1979)
• 1900 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1965)

• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

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.
• February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• 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.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
• September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.

The temperature on February 5, 1889 was about 0.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 34 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.