About the day » Friday March 1, 1889Calender converter

• Alagonda Meijering, Gasteren, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1978)
• Amanda Josepha De Saedeleer, Aelst († 1967)
• Adrianus Josephus van Toer, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1962)
• ? ? († 1950)
• Alagonda Meijering, Anloo,Drenthe,Niederlande,Gasteren († 1978)
• Aaron Wolf, amsterdam († 1943)
• Alijda(2) Langelaar, Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1982)
• Andries van Eijken, Sommelsdijk, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nl († 1889)
• Bergstra († 1917)
• Amanda Josepha de SAEDELEER, Aalst, 41002, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1967)

• Alida Alberts Smit (2), Gasselte, Drenthe, Netherlands(Gasselternijveen)
• Anna Catharina Gerardina Eras (23), Lam baroe, Kota Radja, Atjeh, Indonesia
• Anna Catharina Gerardina Eras (23), Kota Radja, Indonesië
• Andreas (Andries) Joseph Lemmens (59), Heerlen
• Amelia Joanna Loncke (83), Oostende, Belgium
• Annetje de Vries (54), Urk
• Demper (33), Langerak
• Anna Graulich (52), Niederwalluf
• Albert Memelink (60), Laren
• Anna Maria van Berkel (49), Voorburg, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• 1886 » Oskar Kokoschka, Austrian-Swiss painter, poet, and playwright († 1980)
• 1888 » Ewart Astill, English cricketer and billiards player († 1948)
• 1888 » Fanny Walden, English cricketer and umpire, international footballer, outside right († 1949)
• 1889 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher († 1960)
• 1890 » Theresa Bernstein, Polish-American painter and author († 2002)
• 1891 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier († 1940)
• 1892 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author and educator († 1927)
• 1893 » Mercedes de Acosta, American author, poet, and playwright († 1968)
• 1896 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor († 1960)
• 1896 » Moriz Seeler, German playwright and producer († 1942)

• 1862 » Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
• 1875 » Tristan Corbière, French poet and educator (b. 1845)
• 1882 » Theodor Kullak, German pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820)
• 1906 » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (b. 1833)
• 1911 » Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, English soldier and politician, 8th Governor General of Canada (b. 1845)
• 1920 » John H. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Pichichi, Spanish footballer (b. 1892)
• 1932 » Frank Teschemacher, American Jazz musician (b. 1906)

• 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 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• 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 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.

The temperature on March 1, 1889 was about -2.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.