About the day » Monday July 29, 1889Calender converter

• Albertus Johannes Helming, Wisch
• Abraham Oostendorp, Den Helder
• Adriaan van der Have, Kapelle Duiveland († 1947)
• albert jan welman, amsterdam
• Adriaan van der Have, Kapelle († 1947)
• Anna Maria Modder, Oterleek
• Anna Maria van Troost, Schiedam,-
• Anna Maria Modder, Oterleek († 1944)
• Alexandre Joseph HUYSECOM, Liège, 62063, Liege, Belgique († 1890)
• Anna Cornelia Petronell Vissers, Raamsdonksveer, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland († 1971)

• Antonius Albertus Hummelink (15), Baak (Montferland), Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje van der Wagen (6), Metslawier, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna LANCEL (91), Tienen, 24107, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique
• Antonius Leegwater (9), Ursem
• -M- van Bokhoven (van Bockhoven) (0), Helmond, Nederland
• Adriaan de Vries (89), Graft, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Koridon (0), Brunnepe, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Benedicta Juliana Gerstman (54)
• Adrianus Van Den Berg (1), Charlois
• Beatrice (Child) CASWELL (2), Barracks, Whittington

• 1883 » Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist revolutionary and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy († 1945)
• 1883 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author († 1942)
• 1884 » Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician, 2nd Under Secretary of the Navy († 1975)
• 1885 » Theda Bara, American actress († 1955)
• 1887 » Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer († 1951)
• 1888 » Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope († 1982)
• 1891 » Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic († 1966)
• 1892 » William Powell, American actor and singer († 1984)
• 1896 » Maria L. de Hernández, Mexican-American rights activist († 1986)
• 1897 » Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general († 1983)

• 1856 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 » Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 » Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy († 1813)
• 1890 » Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1895 » Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 » Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1908 » Marie Adam-Doerrer (b. 1838)
• 1913 » Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
• 1918 » Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)

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.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• 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 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
• June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
• November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.

The temperature on July 29, 1889 was about 18.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.