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Born on Saturday February 12, 1689
- Georg Wilhelm Count Of Wied, Of Neuwied, Rhnlnd, Prss
- Elizabeth Todd, Armagh, Armagh, Ireland († 1771)
- Jacobus Bijster, Wouw († 1693)
- Charlotte Eleonore Sophie Von Stössel, Gassen (Biebergemünd) († 1745)
- John (Rhodes) Rhoades, Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co., Virginia Colony († 1759)
- Adam LIPARD, Ungarisch-Altenburg,9203,Komitat Győr-Moson-Sopron,TRANSDANUBIEN,UNGARN († 1723)
- Isaac Dayton, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States († 1756)
- Jeanne VERRIÈRE, Mardore,69240,Rhône,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE († 1743)
- Jean François ELOY, HAMOIS-en-CONDROZ, Namur, Belgique
- Joannes Van Cauwelaert, Lennik (St. Kwintens-Lennik), Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1772)
Died on Saturday February 12, 1689
- Denis Nicolaes Adriaen Ansems (41)
- Marie Louise van Bourbon-Orléans (26), Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Anna Waltens (1), Temse
- Huijbke Denissen Bouwens (79)
- Laurens Lombaert (64), Nieuwvliet, Zeeland, Netherlands
- Johan Van Balveren (54)
- Marie Louise d'Orlans (26), San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain
- Maria Luise von Orléans (26)
- Dionisius Nicolaes (Denis Claesse) Adriaen Ansems (41)
- Adriaan Cornelisz Pelt
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 12, 1689 at Delpher
Born on February 12
- 1608 » Daniello Bartoli, Italian Jesuit priest († 1685)
- 1637 » Jan Swammerdam, Dutch biologist and zoologist († 1680)
- 1663 » Cotton Mather, English-American minister and author († 1728)
- 1665 » Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician († 1721)
- 1704 » Charles Pinot Duclos, French author († 1772)
- 1706 » Johann Joseph Christian, German Baroque sculptor and woodcarver († 1777)
- 1728 » Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect († 1799)
- 1753 » François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral († 1798)
- 1761 » Jan Ladislav Dussek, Czech pianist and composer († 1812)
- 1768 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1835)
Died on February 12
- 1590 » François Hotman, French lawyer and author (b. 1524)
- 1600 » Edward Denny, Knight Banneret of Bishop's Stortford, English soldier, privateer and adventurer (b. 1547)
- 1612 » Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartographer (b. 1563)
- 1624 » George Heriot, Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist, founded George Heriot's School (b. 1563)
- 1713 » Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor (b. 1664)
- 1728 » Agostino Steffani, Italian priest and composer (b. 1653)
- 1763 » Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright (b. 1688)
- 1771 » Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (b. 1710)
- 1789 » Ethan Allen, American farmer, general, and politician (b. 1738)
- 1799 » Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist and physiologist (b. 1729)
Names that were popular for boys in 1689
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Johannes
- Jacob
- Willem
- Jean
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Johann
- John
- 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)
- 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.
- March 16 » The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.
- April 18 » Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
- 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.