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Born on Wednesday January 5, 1689
- Cornelis Fransz. de Hoij, Vlaardingen († 1719)
- Geertruid van Hemsdael, Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- George Chisman, Poquoson, York, Virginia, United States († 1710)
- Geertruid van Hemsdael, Bergen op Zoom
- Amalia Alexandrine Frederike van Limpurg-Speckfeld († 1754)
- Roex
- Ghisbertus Gijsberts THOMASSEN, Bakel, 3294, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1750)
- "Wilhelm" Georg Ernst Ludwig von Pöllnitz, Forchheim, Allemagne († 1740)
- Geertruijt Hemsdael van, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Cornelis Jan Plokhaar, Rozenburg († 1697)
Died on Wednesday January 5, 1689
- Etienne Mesny (0), St-François, Ile-d'Orléans, Québec, Canada
- Capt Thomas Moore (66), Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- maria sanders van der wiltenburgh (19)
- Martina Van Goethem (55), Moerzeke
- metjen hendricks (34)
- elsken peters (44)
- Clara Goedseels, Sterrebeek
- Francis Moore (69), Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Born on January 5
- 1587 » Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer and explorer († 1641)
- 1592 » Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor († 1666)
- 1620 » Miklós Zrínyi, Croatian military commander († 1664)
- 1640 » Paolo Lorenzani, Italian composer († 1713)
- 1735 » Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer († 1800)
- 1767 » Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and academic († 1832)
- 1779 » Stephen Decatur, American commander († 1820)
- 1779 » Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer († 1813)
- 1781 » Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas († 1836)
- 1793 » Harvey Putnam, American lawyer and politician († 1855)
Died on January 5
- 1578 » Giulio Clovio, Dalmatian painter (b. 1498)
- 1580 » Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German noblewoman (b. 1542)
- 1589 » Catherine de' Medici, queen of Henry II of France (b. 1519)
- 1713 » Jean Chardin, French explorer and author (b. 1643)
- 1740 » Antonio Lotti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1667)
- 1762 » Empress Elizabeth of Russia (b. 1709)
- 1771 » John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
- 1796 » Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1731)
- 1823 » George Johnston, Scottish-Australian colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (b. 1764)
- 1845 » Robert Smirke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1753)
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.
- August 5 » Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
- August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
- 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.