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June 7, 1689Born on Wednesday June 8, 1689
- Geertruij Andriesd. Walburg, Oud Beijerland
- Beatris Crama, Leiden, Pieterskerk
- Cornelia Henrik Henrik Adriaans van Son, Den Dungen
- Joanna Van Der Beken, Eke, Nazareth, België († 1773)
- Jacoba de Vette, Kethel
- Gommaar Nuijts, Halle († 1774)
- Apolonia van der Sman, Stompwijk
- Gerrit van der Hidde, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Hubertus Slots, ·Äòs-Hertogenbosch
- Joannes de Bie, Cadier en Keer (Eijsden-Margraten), Limburg, Nederland
Died on Wednesday June 8, 1689
- Petrus Joannes Verborgt (53), Noorderwijk
- Joosijntgien Crieckaert (57), Hengstdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
- Joannes MONSIEURS (34), Meerhout, Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgie
- Josijntgien Cornelis Crieckaert, Hengstdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
- egidius 1 Stoop (49), Kruibeke
- Susanna Keith (2), Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
- Alphonse Louis de Lorraine-Elbeuf (45), Paris
- Elisabeth Delabbaye, Gennevilliers, Francia
- George Carteret (2)
- Judoca Kriekaart (53), Hengstdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
Born on June 8
- 1552 » Gabriello Chiabrera, Italian poet and author († 1638)
- 1593 » George I Rákóczi, prince of Transylvania († 1648)
- 1625 » Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer († 1712)
- 1671 » Tomaso Albinoni, Italian violinist and composer († 1751)
- 1717 » John Collins, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island († 1795)
- 1724 » John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge († 1794)
- 1745 » Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer († 1818)
- 1757 » Ercole Consalvi, Italian cardinal († 1824)
- 1788 » Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky († 1869)
- 1810 » Robert Schumann, German composer and critic († 1856)
Died on June 8
- 1611 » Jean Bertaut, French bishop and poet (b. 1552)
- 1612 » Hans Leo Hassler, German organist and composer (b. 1562)
- 1621 » Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (b. 1567)
- 1628 » Rudolph Goclenius, German lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1547)
- 1651 » Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1604)
- 1714 » Sophia of Hanover (b. 1630)
- 1716 » Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, German son of Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1658)
- 1727 » August Hermann Francke, German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (b. 1663)
- 1768 » Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1717)
- 1771 » George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1716)
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)
- 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.
- March 12 » James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.
- April 11 » William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
- April 20 » Deposed monarch James II of England lays siege to Derry.
- May 24 » The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.