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April 6, 1689Born on Thursday April 7, 1689
- Ceelis Otto Van Renswoude, Renswoude († 1749)
- Cornelisken Jansen van Hattum, Hien, Nederland († 1731)
- Cornelis Vischer, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Elisabeth Van Puyenbroeck, Hamme, België († 1733)
- Corneliske van Hattum, Dodewaard, Neder-Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1731)
- Aurelia Lodewycks, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
- Anna Van Scheltinga, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1690)
- Cornelis Hendrick Jansen van Amerongen, Rhenen
- Gerrit Courts, Brummen
- Eelkje Heeres, Oenkerk, Friesland, Nederland
Died on Thursday April 7, 1689
- Jacobus Jacobi Leen (29), Nistelrode
- Rutgerus Raddis (54), Mal
- Renée Viau, Haute-Goulaine
- Geertruid van BEAUMONT (64), Dordrecht
- Sybilia WIENERBERG, Krefeld
- Hans Springauff (74), Rodau, Starkenburg, Hesse-Darmstadt
- Agnès WARIMONT, Fléron,, Liège, Belgique
- Dirck Pietersz Ercken
- Jeanne David (0), Québec, Nouvelle France
- Anneke Hendriks van Ommeren (2), Rhenen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 7, 1689 at Delpher
Born on April 7
- 1613 » Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter († 1675)
- 1644 » François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general († 1730)
- 1648 » John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council († 1721)
- 1652 » Pope Clement XII († 1740)
- 1713 » Nicola Sala, Italian composer and theorist († 1801)
- 1718 » Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author († 1800)
- 1727 » Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist († 1806)
- 1763 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer († 1846)
- 1770 » William Wordsworth, English poet († 1850)
- 1772 » Charles Fourier, French philosopher and author († 1837)
Died on April 7
- 1638 » Shimazu Tadatsune, Japanese daimyō (b. 1576)
- 1651 » Lennart Torstensson, Swedish field marshal and engineer (b. 1603)
- 1658 » Juan Eusebio Nieremberg, Spanish mystic and philosopher (b. 1595)
- 1661 » Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English commander and politician (b. 1604)
- 1663 » Francis Cooke, English-American settler (b. 1583)
- 1668 » William Davenant, English poet and playwright (b. 1606)
- 1719 » Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (b. 1651)
- 1739 » Dick Turpin, English criminal (b. 1705)
- 1747 » Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1676)
- 1761 » Thomas Bayes, English minister and mathematician (b. 1701)
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.
- April 11 » William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
- May 24 » The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
- July 27 » Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
- August 5 » Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
- August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.