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Born on Sunday March 1, 1789
- Jacob Pieters Peggeman, Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands († 1861)
- Sarah Thomasson "Sally", Louisa County, Virginia
- Jacob Pieters PEGGEMAN († 1861)
- Barbara Bakker, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht († 1872)
Born on February 29
- 1724 » Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer († 1822)
- 1736 » Ann Lee, English-American religious leader, founded the Shakers († 1784)
- 1792 » Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer († 1868)
- 1812 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (d. February 29, 1880)
- 1828 » Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist, poet, and activist († 1921)
- 1836 » Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager († 1908)
- 1852 » Frank Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, 4th Chief Justice of Australia († 1936)
- 1860 » Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman, co-founded the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company († 1929)
- 1876 » William Stewart, Scottish footballer
- 1884 » Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician († 1941)
Died on February 29
- 1740 » Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)
- 1744 » John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-English physicist and philosopher (b. 1683)
- 1792 » Johann Andreas Stein, German piano builder (b. 1728)
- 1820 » Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German historian and critic (b. 1743)
- 1848 » Louis-François Lejeune, French general, painter and lithographer (b. 1775)
- 1852 » Matsudaira Katataka, Japanese daimyō (b. 1806)
- 1868 » Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
- 1880 » James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (b. February 29, 1812)
- 1908 » Pat Garrett, American sheriff (b. 1850)
- 1920 » Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875)
Names that were popular for boys in 1789
- Jan
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Willem
- Jacob
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Klaas
- Jean
- Adrianus
- Leendert
Names that were popular for girls in 1789
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Trijntje
- Marie
- Joanna
- Elisabeth
- Grietje
- Neeltje
- Adriana
- Antje
- Aaltje
- Elizabeth
- Janna
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1789
- 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.).
- April 21 » George Washington's reception at Trenton is hosted by the Ladies of Trenton as he journeys to New York City for his first inauguration.
- June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
- 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.
- 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.
- September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.