About the day » Sunday August 23, 1789Calender converter

• Aaltje Arends, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1791)
• Albert Jansz Engelsman, Blokzijl, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agnieta van Saanen, Kampen
• Aart Bastiaanse Andeweg, Goudswaard († 1858)
• Adriana Cornelisdr Van Gelder, Pernis († 1878)
• Abraham van Ditmars, Utrecht
• Agnita van Saanen, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Agatha Cornelisdr Varkevisser, Katwijk († 1854)
• Adriaan de Bruin, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Agatha Varkevisser, Katwijk († 1854)

• Bastiaan van der Sterre (31), Oudenhoorn
• Elisabeth Schaumann (0), Niederlaasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Joannes Baptista van de Vijver (0), Temse
• Joannes Arnoldus Arets, Raath, Bingelrade
• Maaijke Wouters Van De ERVE (3)
• Gesche OELTJEN (83), Altjührden, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Joannes Baptist Hanssens, Aaigem, Oost-Vlaanderen, Franse Republiek
• Johannes Christ. Höhle (0), Immighausen (HE, DEU)
• Cornelia Marinusse Duivekot (37), Serooskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Gerrit Hekhuis, Markelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1741 » Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer († 1788)
• 1754 » Louis XVI of France († 1793)
• 1769 » Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic († 1832)
• 1783 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge († 1852)
• 1785 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander († 1819)
• 1805 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician († 1893)
• 1814 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop († 1877)
• 1829 » Moritz Cantor, German mathematician and historian († 1920)
• 1843 » William Southam, Canadian publisher († 1932)
• 1846 » Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor († 1923)

• 1706 » Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)
• 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
• 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
• 1819 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)
• 1831 » August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1759)
• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)

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)
• 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 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
• 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 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
• October 2 » The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
• October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.

The temperature on August 23, 1789 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.