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• Adrianus BERGMANS, Herenthout Belgie
• Aafje Cornelis Oosthuizen OOSTHUYZEN, Wormerveer († 1833)
• Anna van Santvoort, Erp († 1831)
• Antien Swiers Kuiper, Roden († 1860)
• Albert Willems Kwakkel, Doornspijk, Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1797)
• Adrianus Vingerhoets, Hilvarenbeek († 1790)
• Apolline Nicolette de Choiseul-Praslin de CHOISEUL († 1886)
• Anna Maria Theresia Sievers, Scherfede, D
• Adrianus Joanni Vingerhoets, Hilvarenbeek
• Aafje Cornelis Oosthuizen († 1833)

• Gertrudis Philippus van Gestel (81), Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Daemen, Meerssen
• Adriaantje Anthonies Kool (31), Geertruidenberg
• Jacoba Moerland (57), Sint-Maartensdijk
• Elisabeth Reichmann (71), Hesselbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Isaac Süss (66), Pfalzdorf, Deutschland
• Elisabeth Tieke (3), Gronau
• Baroness Beate Sophie of Burghauss (56), Wirschkowitz
• Isaak Speh (66), Pfalzdorf
• Anna Ursula Velte (76), Wehrheim, Germany

• 1764 » Claude Victor-Perrin, French general and politician († 1841)
• 1784 » Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet († 1842)
• 1791 » Ferenc Novák, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet († 1836)
• 1792 » Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Dutch author and academic († 1857)
• 1801 » Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor and playwright († 1862)
• 1810 » Josef Hyrtl, Hungarian-Austrian anatomist and biologist († 1894)
• 1810 » Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist († 1882)
• 1823 » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic († 1891)
• 1838 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria († 1909)
• 1860 » Joseph Cook, English-born Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia († 1947)

• 1723 » Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk and Karlova Koruna Chateau (b. 1677)
• 1725 » Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (b. 1661)
• 1772 » Martín Sarmiento, Spanish monk, scholar, and author (b. 1695)
• 1775 » Charles Saunders, English admiral and politician (b. 1715)
• 1793 » Joseph Bara, French soldier and drummer (b. 1779)
• 1803 » Küçük Hüseyin Pasha, Turkish admiral and politician (b. 1757)
• 1815 » Michel Ney, German-French general (b. 1769)
• 1817 » William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (b. 1745)
• 1837 » Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (b.1814)
• 1842 » Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789)

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. Leendert

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)
• 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 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
• July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
• July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
• August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
• September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.

The temperature on December 7, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken mist.