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Born on Friday January 28, 1689
- Anna van Ooteghem, Sint-Laureins
- Daniel Danielsen Touw, Bergen op Zoom, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1745)
- Ida van EETEN, Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1730)
- Joannes van Amstel, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Cantrijn, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Joseph Noel Giroux, Beauport, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada († 1758)
- Anna Rijnvis, Amsterdam († 1744)
- Adriana Van Eycken alias Paeps, Werchter
- Anne Marie Cambier, Ellezelles
- Daniel Jansz Touw, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Friday January 28, 1689
- Anna Pous (46), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Dimphna Jacoba Jan Nijs Van Tichelen (49), Loenhout
- Pierre Mathurin ETRILLARD, Yvignac, 22350, France
- Digna Van Tichelt (49), Loenhout
- Elisabeth Stappaerts, Gierle
- John Crowell (50)
- Elisabetha Stappaerts (84)
- Adriaan Jansz Visser (39)
- Frances Carpenter (77), Hingham, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Maria Seelen (0)
Born on January 28
- 1611 » Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician († 1687)
- 1622 » Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker († 1691)
- 1693 » Gregor Werner, Austrian composer († 1766)
- 1701 » Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer († 1774)
- 1706 » John Baskerville, English printer and typographer († 1775)
- 1712 » Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shōgun († 1761)
- 1717 » Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan († 1774)
- 1719 » Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic († 1749)
- 1726 » Christian Felix Weiße, German poet and playwright († 1802)
- 1755 » Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Polish-German physician, anthropologist, and paleontologist († 1830)
Died on January 28
- 1613 » Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (b. 1545)
- 1621 » Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
- 1666 » Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (b. 1591)
- 1672 » Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
- 1681 » Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (b. 1619)
- 1687 » Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)
- 1688 » Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (b. 1623)
- 1697 » Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (b. 1645)
- 1754 » Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684)
- 1782 » Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer and cartographer (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)
- 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 13 » William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
- April 18 » Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
- May 24 » The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
- August 27 » The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).
- October 26 » General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease himself soon after.