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• Anna Cornelia Rommens, Wilmarsdonk († 1804)
• Anna Catharina Schoof, Delfshaven
• Anne Marie de Graeve, Temse, O-Vl, BE († 1873)
• Arie Meijnster
• Annigje Hendriks Muis, Rohel († 1835)
• Arie Jacobsz Meijnster, Oud-Beijerland Nederland
• Annigje Bogert, Leerbroek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1802)
• Arie Jacobsz MEINSTER, Oud-Beijerland
• Anna Barbara Feijaerts, Tremelo
• Angeline Victoire Morreel, Woumen

• Engbert Roels (52), Surhuizum, Frslnd, Nthr
• Cornelia (Kaatje) Stoutjesdijk (58), Oud-Vossemeer (58 1/2 jr)
• Anna Maria STAES (66)
• Haukje Lycklama à Nijeholt (0), Dokkum
• Hendrik van Harten (86), Harmelen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Hendrikje Janse Nooteboom (76), Heerjansdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Dominick Downing (61)
• Hubert - Hubertus Fabry (79), Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher
• Catherine Lisbeth Paes (23), Sittard-Geleen (Geleen) (Limburg)
• Cornelia Jansdr. van der Paauw (29), Voorschote

• 1762 » Samuel Morey, American engineer († 1843)
• 1766 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general († 1847)
• 1790 » Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American minister, lexicographer, and educator († 1860)
• 1796 » Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician († 1857)
• 1801 » Albert Lortzing, German singer-songwriter and actor († 1851)
• 1805 » John Russell Bartlett, American linguist and historian († 1886)
• 1813 » Ludwig Leichhardt, German-Australian explorer († 1848)
• 1815 » João Maurício Vanderlei, Baron of Cotejipe, Brazilian politician († 1889)
• 1817 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and author († 1875)
• 1822 » Gustav Spörer, German astronomer († 1895)

• 1688 » Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (b. 1610)
• 1730 » Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
• 1764 » Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1683)
• 1774 » Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)
• 1867 » Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
• 1869 » Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1799)
• 1872 » Théophile Gautier, French journalist, author, and poet (b. 1811)
• 1885 » Charles S. West, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (b. 1829)
• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)

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 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
• April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
• September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
• October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
• November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.

The temperature on October 23, 1789 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: donker mistig betrokken winderig.