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Born on Saturday January 15, 1689
- Adriana Joanna Pollez, Ruien
- Dirk Kleinpenning, Nijmegen
- François Bernardin du Châtelet († 1754)
- Cornelia Loenis, Klimmen,Gemeente Voerendaal,Limburg,Nederland
- Antoinette DUROCHAT-LABBE, Verel-de-Montbel, Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, Savoie (Frankrijk) († 1744)
- Peter KNO(O)PS, Montfort,, Limburg, Nederland († 1773)
- Julien GUISCHARD, Plessé,44630,Loire-Atlantique,Pays de la Loire,FRANCE († 1767)
- Maria Teunen Bavel van, Moerstraten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Simon Hsra, Feilitzsch, Hof, Bayern, Germany
- Peeter Van De Vliet, Boom,Antwerpen,Belgium († 1703)
Died on Saturday January 15, 1689
- Lambert STEINMETZER (81), Eynatten
- PIERRE DOUCINET* 11GGF (73), La Rochelle Basse Normandie France
- Perrine POIRIER (33), Plessé,44630,Loire-Atlantique,Pays de la Loire,FRANCE
- Isaac Bédard (73), Charlesbourg, Québec, Canada
- Görteler, Rietberg, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
- Catharina van Havere (29), Sint Niklaas
- Ferreol Pappard (80), Saint Ferreol F-74210
- Anna Huybrechts, Bilzen
- Elisabeth Cornelis MANDOTS (72), Sint-Agatha-Rode,3040,Vlaams-Brabant,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
- Christoph Philips van Uslar-Gleichen (61)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 15, 1689 at Delpher
Born on January 15
- 1595 » Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth, English politician († 1661)
- 1622 » Molière, French actor and playwright († 1673)
- 1623 » Algernon Sidney, British philosopher († 1683)
- 1671 » Abraham de la Pryme, English archaeologist and historian († 1704)
- 1674 » Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright († 1762)
- 1716 » Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician († 1778)
- 1747 » John Aikin, English surgeon and author († 1822)
- 1754 » Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals († 1834)
- 1791 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian author, poet, and playwright († 1872)
- 1795 » Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet († 1829)
Died on January 15
- 1568 » Nicolaus Olahus, Romanian archbishop (b. 1493)
- 1569 » Catherine Carey, lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I of England (b. 1524)
- 1584 » Martha Leijonhufvud, Swedish noblewoman (b. 1520)
- 1595 » Murad III, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1546)
- 1623 » Paolo Sarpi, Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (b. 1552)
- 1672 » John Cosin, English bishop and academic (b. 1594)
- 1683 » Philip Warwick, English politician (b. 1609)
- 1775 » Giovanni Battista Sammartini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
- 1790 » John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
- 1804 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
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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.
- 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.
- August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
- August 27 » The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).
- December 16 » Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.