About the day » Thursday August 8, 1889Calender converter

• -- Vermeer, Stompwijk († 1889)
• (Stillborn) VAN BRUGGEN, Noordhorn Groningen Netherlands († 1889)
• Anna Catharina Fuhren, Kerkrade (L († 1919)
• Aaltje Schwarz, Leer (bij Hannover) Dld († 1973)
• Rietveld, streefkerk (zuid holland)
• Anne Sietzes (Sytses) van der Meer, Harkema Opeinde, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1973)
• Adam Lengers, Zijpe († 1889)
• Adriana van Lammeren, Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1962)
• Anne Sytzes van der Meer, Harkema, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1973)
• Aldert Cornelis Beets, Haarlemmermeer († 1970)

• Adelgunde Wilhelmine Elisabeth Tutein (53), Copenhagen, København, Denmark
• Alexander Hijman Polak (0), Enschede
• Alphonsus Franciscus Philippus van den Bulck (26), Hengstdijk
• Albertus Weerdenburg (0), Houten
• Anna Cornelia Abcouwer (0), Amsterdam
• Adolf SEGERS (0), Liedekerke,1770,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Alide Hilligonde Willielmine Dorje (65), Haarlem, NH Nederland
• Aisso Boneschansker (0), Oterdum, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Oudshoorn (0), Haarlemmerliede-Spaarwoude
• Anna de Boer (8), Amsterdam

• 1879 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1950)
• 1880 » Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia († 1961)
• 1881 » Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1882 » Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1965)
• 1884 » Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator († 1933)
• 1889 » Hans Egede Budtz, Danish actor († 1968)
• 1889 » Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer († 1977)
• 1891 » Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer († 1952)
• 1896 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic († 1953)
• 1898 » Marguerite Bise, French chef († 1965)

• 1858 » Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité Bonheur, Haitian Empress (b. 1758)
• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)

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 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
• March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
• April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
• May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
• 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.

The temperature on August 8, 1889 was about 20.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.