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• Cornelis Witteveen, Harderwijk, Gelderland, NHK
• Damiana Joos, Woumen († 1848)
• Christina Dorothea Sophia Burwieck, Fegetasch, Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Döbbersen
• Christina Elisabeth Scheffers, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Claude Honoré Pao Truchelut, Villehardouin, Aube, France
• Agnes(1)(Niesje) van der Aar, Sassenheim († 1789)
• Christiaan Frederik Willemsz, Ede
• Willemarck, Maldegem
• Anna van der VLIET, Nederhemert, Gelderland, Nederland († 1863)
• Anne Marie LITZLER, Oberdorf (68960, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1814)

• Eyda Duijvenvoorde (52), Noordwijkerhout
• Gertjen Jansen (89), Laren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Guilielma Marijnis Kuijpers (72), Den Hout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Josina van der Snoek (38), Stad aan 't Haringvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Guilielmus DEWIT (62), Bertem, Province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium
• Jan Klaassens Volders (47)
• Anna Maria Magdelena Simonis (0), Warburg, Westphalia, Prussen, Germany
• Jacobus PATTYN (47), Izegem, 36008, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• "Maria Anna" Josefa von Auersperg (57), Wien, Autriche
• Adriana DE SWART (81), Gilze, Gilze en Rijen, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands

• 1762 » Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician († 1834)
• 1770 » Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom († 1840)
• 1772 » Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer († 1833)
• 1782 » Hirose Tansō, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer († 1856)
• 1783 » William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor († 1850)
• 1808 » Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator († 1855)
• 1811 » Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano († 1869)
• 1811 » Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician († 1864)
• 1813 » Richard Wagner, German composer († 1883)
• 1814 » Amalia Lindegren, Swedish painter († 1891)

• 1745 » François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)
• 1760 » Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)
• 1772 » Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)
• 1795 » Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)
• 1802 » Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)

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.
• March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
• June 14 » Mutiny on the Bounty: HMSBounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400km (4,600mi) journey in an open boat.
• 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 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.
• September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.

The temperature on May 22, 1789 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.