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• Cornelia Geurtsen Aartsen
• Bernardus Vermassen, Scheldewindeke († 1851)
• Beerendje Hindriks van Dijken, Woltersum
• Antoine Joseph LEGRAIN, Rely, 62701, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1830)
• Akke Hylkes (Hieltjes) Jellema, Winsum, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1823)
• Barbara Geurts, Maasbree, Limburg, Netherlands († 1863)
• Berentje Hindriks van Dijken, Wittewierum, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland († 1848)
• Cornelia (Neeltje) van Kints, Aarlanderveen, ZH, Nederland († 1861)
• Cornelia Geurts, Lunteren († 1830)
• Cornelius S'Jongers, Zichem, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie († 1845)

• Dirk Petrus Matak (28), Bergen op Zoom, Friesland, Neth
• Elisabet Petri Hermans (42)
• Catharine Vrancken (63), Cadier en Keer
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• Biatrix Teunissen (59), Leusden
• Henri Boire (76)
• Hendrik Jacobse van Heering (62)
• Cornelis Hendrick DIRCKS (71), Reusel, 4134, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ariaantje Wijnandsdr Mooij (66), Hilversum
• Gerrigje Stam (61), Brandwijk

• 1788 » Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author († 1862)
• 1788 » Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist († 1848)
• 1789 » Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician († 1871)
• 1792 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada († 1840)
• 1798 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic († 1874)
• 1805 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1875)
• 1814 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor († 1879)
• 1814 » Henry L. Benning, American general and judge († 1875)
• 1827 » William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter († 1910)
• 1835 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer († 1907)

• 1742 » James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1747 » Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1787 » Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
• 1791 » Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)
• 1801 » Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
• 1803 » Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
• 1817 » Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)
• 1827 » Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)
• 1845 » Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1763)

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)
• 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.
• July 15 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
• August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
• August 26 » The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
• September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
• October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.

The temperature on April 2, 1789 was about 3.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.