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April 14, 1689Born on Friday April 15, 1689
- Adriaan Loosjes, Westzaan,Gemeente Zaanstad,North Holland,Netherlands († 1767)
- Joannes Matthias Gijsbers STERKEN, Bakel en Milheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Albertine Antonie z.Stolbg, Gedern († 1691)
- Elsje Claes Stehouwer, Noordeloos
- Eleonore Christiana, Weimar († 1690)
- Anna Catharina Deess, Gschwend, Baden-Württemberg, Duitsland
- Hendrick van Gastel, Standdaarbuiten (NL) († 1780)
- Carel Hendriks Vis, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1756)
- Catherine PREVOST, Buire-le-Sec,62870, Frankrijk († 1764)
- Anna Dorothea Schröder, Uchtdorf,Stendal,Sachsen-Anhalt,Bundesrepublick Deutschland
Died on Friday April 15, 1689
- Dirck RUTS (8), Dordrecht
- Trijntje Jans*, Nieuw Beerta, Groningen, Nederland
- Bernhard Gottfried Röve (71), Haselünne
- Catharina van Husen, Tallinn (Reval), Estland
- Elisabeth NN1 (63), Hemschlar, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Christoph Christoffel Bernhardt (60), Hessen, Germany
- Franciscus Wouters Staeck (0)
- Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna, Prince Von Paliano (52), Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Julienne LE GALLIC (73), SURZUR
- Heinrich Holthues (60), Münster,Regierungsbezirk Münster,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
Born on April 15
- 1641 » Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician and geographer († 1722)
- 1642 » Suleiman II, Ottoman sultan († 1691)
- 1646 » Christian V of Denmark († 1699)
- 1684 » Catherine I of Russia († 1727)
- 1688 » Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer († 1758)
- 1707 » Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist († 1783)
- 1710 » William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist († 1790)
- 1741 » Charles Willson Peale, American painter and soldier († 1827)
- 1771 » Nicolas Chopin, French-Polish educator († 1844)
- 1772 » Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French biologist and zoologist († 1844)
Died on April 15
- 1610 » Robert Persons, English Jesuit priest, insurrectionist, and author (b. 1546)
- 1632 » George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1580)
- 1652 » Patriarch Joseph of Moscow, Russian patriarch
- 1659 » Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1605)
- 1719 » Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, French wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635)
- 1754 » Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1676)
- 1761 » Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1682)
- 1761 » William Oldys, English historian and author (b. 1696)
- 1764 » Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1679)
- 1765 » Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian chemist and physicist (b. 1711)
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 13 » William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
- March 12 » James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.
- April 18 » Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
- April 20 » Deposed monarch James II of England lays siege to Derry.
- 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.