About the day » Sunday August 9, 1789Calender converter

• Anna Maria Rojer, Curaçao († 1868)
• Anna Barbara JUNG, Edingen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
• Abraham Loos, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida IJzerman, Laren († 1856)
• Aafke Arjens Hoot, Marrum († 1844)
• Anne Louise Constance de Cro, Condé (Fra) († 1869)
• Adrianus (Janus) Gijsbertsen Vermeulen, Leersum († 1875)
• Aarjen Jakobszn Schouten, Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje van Loon, Hei en Boeicop
• Aartje Walewijn, Lopikerkapel,, Utrecht, Nederland

• Cornelis Van Der Linden
• Teupke HARMS (1), Midwolda, Scheemda, Oldambt, Groningen, Nederland
• Clasina Parrison (46), Utrecht
• Samuel Quincy (54), on board ship bound from Antigua, BW Indies, to England
• Experience Wells * (30), New Britain, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Veronica Hurbert (66), Vielbach, Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Kornelis Sybes Booij (1), Wolvega, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Dirks Sikkema (0), Ried, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Daniel Serrurier (69), Heemstede
• Sophia Cecilia Vandermeersch (0), Passendale, West Flanders, Belgium

• 1748 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher († 1809)
• 1757 » Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, American humanitarian; wife of Alexander Hamilton († 1854)
• 1757 » Thomas Telford, Scottish architect and engineer, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge († 1834)
• 1776 » Amedeo Avogadro, Italian physicist and chemist († 1856)
• 1783 » Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia († 1801)
• 1788 » Adoniram Judson, American missionary and lexicographer († 1850)
• 1797 » Charles Robert Malden, English lieutenant and surveyor († 1855)
• 1805 » Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician († 1860)
• 1845 » André Bessette, Canadian saint († 1937)
• 1847 » Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, French-Italian wife of Amadeo I of Spain († 1876)

• 1720 » Simon Ockley, English orientalist and academic (b. 1678)
• 1744 » James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (b. 1673)
• 1816 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)
• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)

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)
• 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 15 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
• August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
• September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
• November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.

The temperature on August 9, 1789 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.