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Born on Monday February 7, 1689
- Barbara Kennis, Niel, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Cornelia Houben, Stevensweert,, Limburg, Nederland († 1744)
- Gijsbrecht Marijnis Jacob Verbaten, Rijsbergen
- Jean Baptiste Dessauvagie, Tourcoing, F († 1758)
- Christianus Rumkens, Brunssum,, Limburg, Nederland
- Barbara Kennis, Niel († 1691)
- Claudine COILLARD, Thel,69470,Rhône,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
- Joanna Theresia Fagel, Yperen, België
- Elsken MESSINK, Dinxperlo, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
- Joan Jurgen Glasmeyer
Died on Monday February 7, 1689
- Maria van der Maes (49), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Maria van Beurden (56)
- Barbe Dodier (25), Petite Rivière-St-François, Qc., Canada
- Jan Ruijls, Zaamslag
- Mathias Liesle (59)
- Gertrudis Ramaekers (45), Susteren, Limburg, The Netherlands
- Gertrudis Raemaekers (45), Susteren
- Egidius Verwilgen (0), Hamme
- maria de gheere (59), Deftinge,, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
- Hugo Blanckert (36), Oost-Indië
Born on February 7
- 1612 » Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager († 1683)
- 1622 » Vittoria della Rovere, Italian noble († 1694)
- 1693 » Empress Anna of Russia († 1740)
- 1722 » Azar Bigdeli, Iranian anthologist and poet († 1781)
- 1726 » Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter († 1766)
- 1741 » Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic († 1825)
- 1758 » Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer († 1826)
- 1796 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (baptism date; d. 1874)
- 1802 » Louisa Jane Hall, American poet, essayist, and literary critic († 1892)
- 1804 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company († 1886)
Died on February 7
- 1560 » Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Florentine sculptor (b. 1493)
- 1603 » Bartholomäus Sastrow, German politician (b. 1520)
- 1626 » William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
- 1642 » William Bedell, English bishop and academic (b. 1571)
- 1693 » Paul Pellisson, French lawyer and author (b. 1624)
- 1736 » Stephen Gray, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1666)
- 1779 » William Boyce, English organist and composer (b. 1711)
- 1799 » Qianlong Emperor of China (b. 1711)
- 1801 » Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (b. 1726)
- 1819 » August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and author (b. 1737)
Names that were popular for boys in 1689
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Johannes
- Jacob
- Willem
- Jean
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- John
- Johann
- Hendrik
- Joseph
- Thomas
Names that were popular for girls in 1689
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Mary
- Neeltje
- Johanna
- Elizabeth
- Anne
- Trijntje
- Petronella
- Grietje
- Ariaantje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1689
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 22 » The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.
- February 12 » The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
- July 27 » Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
- August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
- October 26 » General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease himself soon after.
- December 16 » Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.