About the day » Saturday March 2, 1889Calender converter

• Adriana Maria van Leeuwen, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Lindhout, Kruiningen († 1971)
• Adrianus Visch, Meerkerk († 1890)
• Adriana Cornelia Hofmans, Wuustwezel († 1959)
• Adriaan Ferdinand Victor Rudolf Lammertsma, Haarlem († 1930)
• Abraham Snoek, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
• Adrianna Cornelia HOFMANS, Wuustwezel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1959)
• * Antonia Kuijpers, Vlijmen († 1957)
• ? Oudheusden, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1889)
• Aafke Vorstenburg, Harlingen

• de Wit (0), Oud Gastel
• Alberdina Hendriks Winters (2), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aaltje Borgman (72), Hornhuizen (Kloosterburen), Groningen, Nederland
• Andreas Schmitz (0), Melick en Herkenbosch
• Aaltje Commandeur (45), Heerhugowaard
• Hempen (1), Horsten
• Aaltje Walvis (0), Rotterdam, ZH. Nedeland
• Aaltje Tuin (71), Wervershoof, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Valois (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Jans HULSMAN (57), Duur (Olst)

• 1876 » Pope Pius XII († 1958)
• 1878 » William Kissam Vanderbilt II, American sailor and race car driver († 1944)
• 1886 » Kurt Grelling, German logician and philosopher († 1942)
• 1886 » Willis H. O'Brien, American animator and director († 1962)
• 1900 » Kurt Weill, German-American pianist and composer († 1950)
• 1901 » Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher († 1984)
• 1902 » Edward Condon, American physicist and academic († 1974)
• 1902 » Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy († 1972)
• 1904 » Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator († 1991)
• 1905 » Marc Blitzstein, American composer and songwriter († 1964)

• 1840 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758)
• 1855 » Nicholas I, Russian emperor (b. 1796)
• 1864 » Ulric Dahlgren, American colonel (b. 1842)
• 1865 » Carl Sylvius Völkner, German-New Zealand priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1880 » John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790)
• 1895 » Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1895 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Jubal Early, American general (b. 1816)
• 1921 » Champ Clark, American lawyer and politician, 41st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1850)
• 1930 » D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1885)

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 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

The temperature on March 2, 1889 was about -4.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.