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April 18, 1689Born on Tuesday April 19, 1689
- Catharina Winterbeek, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Abraham de Bel, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Jan Bastiaen de Beer, Tilburg
- Grietje Jacobs Riem, Enkhuizen († 1714)
- Engeltje Schotter, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Elisabeth Merkelbach, Dierdorf (D) († 1774)
- Jean Maurel, ( Beaume Longe ) Uvernet-Fours
- Adam PLEUMECKERS, Gronsveld († 1742)
- Jacques MERIOT, Angles-sur-l'Anglin, 86260, France († 1745)
- Cornelia Jacobs MOL, Dordrecht, 6010, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1718)
Died on Tuesday April 19, 1689
- Aart Cornelisz. Stolck (59)
- Cornelia De Caluwe (0), Verrebroek
- Arnoldus Smets (0), Tildonk
- Christina van Zweden (62), Rome
- Joseph Hutchins (47), Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
- Martinius Ruyghaver (1)
- Christine Maria Alexandra Vasa Koningin van Zweden (62), Rome
- Kristina Vasa (62), Roma
- Mary Margaret Cameron Monro (41), Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- Joanna (78), Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 19, 1689 at Delpher
Born on April 19
- 1633 » Willem Drost, Dutch painter († 1659)
- 1655 » George St Lo(e), Royal Navy officer and administrator († 1718)
- 1658 » Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German husband of Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria († 1716)
- 1665 » Jacques Lelong, French author († 1721)
- 1686 » Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician († 1750)
- 1715 » James Nares, English organist and composer († 1783)
- 1721 » Roger Sherman, American lawyer and politician († 1793)
- 1734 » Karl von Ordóñez, Austrian violinist and composer († 1786)
- 1757 » Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician († 1833)
- 1758 » William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish admiral († 1831)
Died on April 19
- 1608 » Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, English poet, playwright, and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1536)
- 1618 » Thomas Bastard, English priest and author (b. 1566)
- 1619 » Jagat Gosain, Mughal empress (b. 1573)
- 1629 » Sigismondo d'India, Italian composer (b. 1582)
- 1632 » Sigismund III Vasa, king of Sweden and Poland (b. 1566)
- 1686 » Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish historian and playwright (b. 1610)
- 1689 » Christina, queen of Sweden (b. 1626)
- 1733 » Elizabeth Hamilton, countess of Orkney (b. 1657)
- 1739 » Nicholas Saunderson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1682)
- 1768 » Canaletto, Italian painter and etcher (b. 1697)
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 12 » James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.
- March 16 » The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.
- 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.
- October 26 » General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease himself soon after.