About the day » Thursday August 1, 1889Calender converter

• Adrianus Johannes Dank, Amsterdam († 1895)
• Angelina Lacharité, Quebec († 1954)
• Josephus Schel, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1889)
• Albert Soer, Ruinen-Anserweide († 1981)
• Aaltje Vos, Hollandseveld (Hoogeveen)
• Aaltje Peters, Zwolle († 1956)
• Alphonse Joseph Georges, 's-Gravenhage († 1957)
• Aaltje Bjintzes Jelsma, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1969)
• Alphonsine Augustine Marie van Oppen, Maastricht († 1984)
• Anna Frederica Schwiebbe, Kieldrecht

• Allegonda van Dodewaard (7), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Kok (0), Vinkeveen en Waverveen, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albartus Hartman (55), Ubbergen, Gemeente Berg en Dal, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriana DE GREEF (91), Klundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Adriana Greef de (91), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana de Greef (91), Klundert
• Adrianus Verrips (68), Tricht, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Gogh (85), Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Krap (44), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hermina de Roos (35), 's-Gravenhage

• 1878 » Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Greek physician and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1961)
• 1881 » Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic († 1940)
• 1885 » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1889 » Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic († 1979)
• 1891 » Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1968)
• 1893 » Alexander of Greece († 1920)
• 1894 » Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist († 1927)
• 1898 » Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director († 1980)
• 1899 » Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman († 1980)
• 1900 » Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player († 1965)

• 1863 » Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (b. 1817)
• 1866 » John Ross, American tribal chief (b. 1790)
• 1869 » Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
• 1869 » Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)

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 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
• January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
• February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
• August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.

The temperature on August 1, 1889 was about 19.4 °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 68%.