About the day » Sunday August 25, 1889Calender converter

• Albertus Theodorus Vlemmings, Helmond († 1983)
• Adrianus Marinus Cornelis van der Toorn, Rottterdam
• Albert Vegter, Wildervank († 1889)
• Aaltje De Kruijff, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1972)
• Alwine Frederike Caroline Falstar
• Alida Maria IJpenburg, Amsterdam († 1973)
• Adrianus van Luijt, Amsterdam († 1936)
• Aleida Geertruida Veuger, Hoogeveen,Drenthe, Netherlands(Huizen) († 1890)
• Albert Swart, (West)Terschelling
• Albert Reynard Jackson, Athens, Calhoun, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1942)

• Amatus Franciscus De Sales van Quickenborne (68), Oostende,BE
• Anneke Roza (21), Haarlemmermeer, N-H, Neth
• Anna Cornelia van EEKELEN (17), Halsteren (Nl)
• Antonie Rietveld (0), streefkerk (zuid holland)
• Anna Vos (43)
• Anneke Roza (77), Haarlemmermeer
• Amelia Dibble (0), Springville, Utah County, Utah
• Aaltje van den BROEK (45), Oosterbeek, Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alphonsius Vanbrabant (0), Lummen, België
• Aafje Jansdr Pels (8), Avenhorn

• 1878 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager († 1935)
• 1882 » Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland († 1966)
• 1889 » Alexander Mair, Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales († 1969)
• 1891 » David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator († 1956)
• 1893 » Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist († 1962)
• 1898 » Arthur Wood, English cricketer († 1973)
• 1898 » Helmut Hasse, German mathematician and academic († 1975)
• 1899 » Paul Herman Buck, American historian and author († 1978)
• 1900 » Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1900 » Isobel Hogg Kerr Beattie, Scottish architect († 1970)

• 1867 » Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)
• 1882 » Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
• 1892 » William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1808)
• 1900 » Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)
• 1904 » Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
• 1908 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Mary Tappan Wright, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)
• 1924 » Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)

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.
• February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
• 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.
• October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.

The temperature on August 25, 1889 was about 13.5 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.