About the day » Sunday August 11, 1889Calender converter

• Angela Maria Constancia Hubertina PAULI, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1972)
• Anna Maria Gerardina van de Puttelaar, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL († 1949)
• ?? Hartlief, (DR) Eelde († 1889)
• Albert Nobbe, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia († 1959)
• Anna Maria Catharina Arnoldina Amsterdam, Amsterdam
• Albert Conrad Ries, Brant Twp., Ontario, Canada († 1987)
• Alida Bernardus Ficke, Harlingen († 1968)
• Anje Cleveringa, Den Andel, Baflo,, Groningen, Nederland († 1905)
• Albertus de Groot, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1895)
• Aart BOLLUIJT, Sloten

• Agnes Agnis te Boekhorst (85), Gendringen, Nederland
• Adriaan Van der Heyden (81), Kessel, 2560, België
• Anna Catharina van den Hoven (36), Sambeek
• Anna Verhaert (74), Vorselaar,, Antwerpen, België
• Adriana Kolk van der (71), Zoeterwoude
• Agnes te Boekhorst (85), Gendringen
• Abraham de Kleer (65), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana van der Steen (74), Ravels (België)
• Anna Maria Louisa Achten (36), Diepenbeek
• Aalbert Hendriksen BOKHORST, VAN (83), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1881 » Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler († 1920)
• 1884 » Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor († 1962)
• 1885 » Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer († 1958)
• 1891 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle († 1944)
• 1891 » Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator († 1962)
• 1892 » Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author († 1962)
• 1892 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist († 1978)
• 1897 » Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator († 1968)
• 1897 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic († 1970)
• 1898 » Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 1968)

• 1851 » Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)

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.
• February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
• May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
• July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
• November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
• November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

The temperature on August 11, 1889 was about 12.5 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.