About the day » Thursday October 22, 1789Calender converter

• Anna Maria Klessens, Vessem
• Barbara Van Maele, Zwevezele,, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1847)
• Constance DEGAND, Hellebecq, 7830, Hainaut, Belgique
• Aaltje Barentsdochter Rob, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• barendina boode, amsterdam
• Antonij Jacobus Laufkotter, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barendina Boode, Amsterdam Amstelkerk
• Anthonie Kerkhofs, Reusel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1847)
• Adriane (Ariaantje) Dane, Sint Philipsland († 1868)
• Berend Jansen (Berends), Otterlo-Eschoten

• Cornelis van den Boogaard (63), Brakel NL
• Franciscus Arsenius Vanseveren (43), Oostduinkerke
• Annigje Kruithof (69), 's-Gravendeel, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Eva Tesch (30)
• Jacques Joseph HORLAIT (64), Silly, 7830, Hainaut, Belgique
• cornelis van den BOGAARD (63), brakel(GE)
• Hendrik Schilten (38), Tiel, Gld, Nederland
• Annetje Cornelisd KRUITHOF (69), 's-Gravendeel
• Adriaantje Hoegee (0), Abcoude
• Annigje Cornelisdr Kruijthof (69), 's-Gravendeel, Nederland

• 1749 » Cornelis van der Aa, Dutch historian and bookseller († 1816)
• 1761 » Antoine Barnave, French politician and orator († 1793).
• 1778 » Javier de Burgos, Spanish jurist and politician († 1848)
• 1781 » Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France († 1789).
• 1783 » Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Ottoman-French polymath and naturalist († 1840).
• 1809 » Volney Howard, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Texas Attorney General († 1889)
• 1811 » Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist and composer († 1886)
• 1818 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and author († 1894)
• 1821 » Collis Potter Huntington, American businessman († 1900)
• 1821 » Karol Mikuli, Ukrainian-Polish pianist, composer, and conductor († 1897)

• 1708 » Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian and academic (b. 1636)
• 1751 » William IV, Prince of Orange (b. 1711)
• 1755 » Elisha Williams, American minister, academic, and jurist (b. 1694)
• 1761 » Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden (b. 1702)
• 1792 » Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (b. 1725)
• 1847 » Sahle Selassie, Ethiopian ruler (b. 1795)
• 1853 » Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Uruguayan general and politician, President of Uruguay (b. 1784)
• 1859 » Louis Spohr, German violinist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1883 » George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
• 1883 » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American soldier and author (b. 1818)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Pieter
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Jean
15. Adrianus
16. John

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Trijntje
7. Marie
8. Joanna
9. Elisabeth
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
12. Adriana
13. Antje
14. Aaltje
15. Elizabeth
16. Janna

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
• July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
• July 14 » Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
• July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
• September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
• September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.

The temperature on October 22, 1789 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.