About the day » Thursday February 7, 1889Calender converter

• Adriana Maria Meijer, Rotterdam
• , Voorhout, Netherlands († 1890)
• Alta Enoch, Strykow († 1943)
• Albertus Amandus WIERSEMA, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana de Goeij, Neerijnen Haaften († 1972)
• Aaltje Wever, Muntendam, Groningen, Netherlands († 1890)
• Adrianus Johannes Smit, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1937)
• Anna Belle Shoudy, Syracuse NY († 1975)
• Alice da Silva Sardinha († 1982)
• Aaltje Arendshorst, Meppel, Drente († 1962)

• Antonius Christianus van Nispen (27), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes van Lith (21)
• Albert Wolthuis (0), Almelo
• Anna Cecilia Tobé (58), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aagtje van Duijn (0), Zandvoort (Noord-Holland)
• Anna Geertrui Sweers (3), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Hopman (3), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Margrethe Petterson (89)
• Albertus Joannes van Lith, Geffen
• Aagtje van Duijn (0), Zandvoort

• 1877 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist († 1947)
• 1878 » Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor († 1936)
• 1885 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal († 1953)
• 1885 » Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1887 » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1889 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist († 1976)
• 1893 » Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1988)
• 1893 » Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher († 1934)
• 1895 » Anita Stewart, American actress († 1961)
• 1901 » Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance († 1989)

• 1862 » Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1787)
• 1864 » Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (b. 1787)
• 1871 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (b. 1797)
• 1873 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
• 1891 » Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (b. 1849)
• 1897 » Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)
• 1919 » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1920 » Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)

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.
• May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
• June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
• June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• 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 7, 1889 was about 1.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.