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• Abraham BRAND, Dubbeldam
• Adriana Jansdr Vogelaar, Dinteloord, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1869)
• Aafje Raat, Wognum, Nederland
• Aart Adams, Heerde
• Aaltje Salij, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1819)
• Abraham Egberink, Hengelo
• Aaltje Salij, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Langerak, Bodegraven († 1861)
• Aaltien Nessing, Vries
• "Saartje" Jansdr Kunst, Den Hoorn (Texel) († 1872)

• Eberhard Sudmeier (69), Hartum Pruisen (D)
• Dolly Sawyer (60), Narrows, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
• Dirkje (Dirckie) 't Hoen (Thoen) (79), Delft
• Christiaan Hendrik Willem Ernst Van Balveren (41), Venlo NL
• Catharina De Voecht, Rumst, 2840, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Dorothy Dolly Sawyer (60), Narrows, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
• Eberhard (Im Staven) Südmeier (69), Hartum, Duitsland
• Anna Sophia ALBERS (84), Hannover,,DEUTSCHLAND,Großefehn,Aurich,Preußen
• FRANCISCUS DE MEURICHY (58), MOERBEKE-W,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Eberhard Südmeier (69), Hartum (D)

• 1769 » James Scarlett Abinger, English judge († 1844)
• 1780 » Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German chemist, invented the Döbereiner's lamp († 1849)
• 1784 » Archduke Louis of Austria († 1864)
• 1797 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist, poet, and critic († 1856)
• 1804 » Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1873)
• 1814 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist († 1880)
• 1816 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens († 1892)
• 1818 » Mary Todd Lincoln, 16th First Lady of the United States († 1882)
• 1830 » Mathilde Fibiger, Danish feminist, novelist and telegraphist († 1892)
• 1836 » Franz von Lenbach, German painter and academic († 1904)

• 1721 » Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor (b. 1676)
• 1729 » Anthony Collins, English philosopher and author (b. 1676)
• 1754 » Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1696)
• 1758 » Noël Doiron, Canadian Acadia leader (b. 1684)
• 1769 » Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and hymn-writer (b. 1715)
• 1783 » Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer and demographer (b. 1717)
• 1784 » Samuel Johnson, English poet and lexicographer (b. 1709)
• 1814 » Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Belgian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1735)
• 1837 » Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (b. 1756)
• 1849 » Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, German botanist and entomologist (b. 1766)

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. Grietje
11. Neeltje
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)
• April 1 » In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
• 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 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.

The temperature on December 13, 1789 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken.