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March 28, 1689Born on Tuesday March 29, 1689
- Anna Margaretha van Winghene, Ronse
- Anna Wilmken ESSINK, Dinxperlo, Gelderland, NL
- Atzo Atzes Nicolai, Drogeham/Harkema Opeinde
- Catharijntje Aarts van Asperen, Veenendaal, Gelderland, Nederland († 1730)
- Anna Willemken ESSINK, Dinxperlo, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
- Catharijntje van Asperen, Veenendaal
- Atze Nicolai, Drogeham, Friesland, Nederland († 1785)
- Aaltje, Druten
- Godefrida Jansen Knoij, Heusden (Vlijmen) (Noord-Brabant) († 1734)
- Dieuwtjen Jans
Died on Tuesday March 29, 1689
- Jean Hubert WATTINNE (38), Tourcoing, Nord, Frankrijk
- Grace Norton (61), Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
- Barbara JADDING (15), Bilzen, 3740, Limburg, België
- Lt William Lister Seward The1643 Immigrant (62), Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- George Seward (60), Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
- William Lt. SEWARD (62), Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Pierre Giroux (0), Beauport, Quebec (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada
- Atze Atzes Nicolai (9)
- Crijn Willemsz, Bussum
- Maatje Erasmus (32), Groede
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 29, 1689 at Delpher
Born on March 29
- 1584 » Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general and politician († 1648)
- 1602 » John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic († 1675)
- 1620 » Edward Digges, English barrister and colonist
- 1629 » Alexis of Russia, Tsar of Russia († 1676)
- 1713 » John Ponsonby, Irish politician († 1789)
- 1735 » Johann Karl August Musäus, German author († 1787)
- 1747 » Johann Wilhelm Hässler, German pianist and composer († 1822)
- 1769 » Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France († 1851)
- 1780 » Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish adventurer († 1841)
- 1790 » John Tyler, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the United States († 1862)
Died on March 29
- 1578 » Arthur Champernowne, English admiral and politician (b. 1524)
- 1578 » Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (b. 1527)
- 1628 » Tobias Matthew, English archbishop and academic (b. 1546)
- 1629 » Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch painter and engraver (b. 1565)
- 1692 » Nicolaus Bruhns, Danish-German organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1665)
- 1703 » George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, (b. 1678)
- 1751 » Thomas Coram, English captain and philanthropist, founded Foundling Hospital (b. 1668)
- 1772 » Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1688)
- 1788 » Charles Wesley, English missionary and poet (b. 1707)
- 1792 » Gustav III of Sweden (b. 1746)
Names that were popular for boys in 1689
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Johannes
- Jacob
- Willem
- Jean
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- John
- Johann
- 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 16 » The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.
- May 24 » The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
- August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
- October 26 » General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease himself soon after.