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March 6, 1689Born on Monday March 7, 1689
- Ammerentia Drakenburg, Amersfoort
- Dirck Leenderts van der Harst, Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage) († 1752)
- Dirk Leenderts van der Harst, Scheveningen, Nederland († 1752)
- Dirk Leendertszn van der Harst, Scheveningen († 1752)
- Henricus Johannesz Block, Oosterhout
- Dirk Lennderts van der Harst, Scheveningen, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1752)
- Ammerentia Rutgers Drakenburg, Amersfoort
- Geertruy Gysbertsz Sprongh, Utrecht
- Dirk Leendertsz van der Harst, Scheveningen († 1752)
- Ammerentia Drakenburg, Amersfoort
Died on Monday March 7, 1689
- Jacques GIRARDET (59), Mizoën, 38237, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France
- Joanna Roelants (0), Lubbeek, Belgie
- Thonis Cornelisz van Santen, Scherpenzeel,, Gelderland, Nederland
- Marie Anne Gatien (0), Québec, Quebec, Canada
- Johannes Andreas de BLÉCOURT (51), Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
- Henry BLOIS -or- BLOSSE (56), Suffolk, England
- Johannes de Blecourt (51), Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
- Susan Munter (97), Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- Thonis Teunis Cornelisz van Santen (79), Scherpenzeel
- Pierre Guiday (78), Montpellier, 34000, Herault, F
Born on March 7
- 1671 » Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw († 1734)
- 1678 » Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Superga († 1736)
- 1693 » Clement XIII, pope of the Catholic Church († 1769)
- 1715 » Ewald Christian von Kleist, German soldier and poet († 1759)
- 1723 » Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy († 1725)
- 1730 » Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1807)
- 1765 » Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, invented photography († 1833)
- 1785 » Alessandro Manzoni, Italian author and poet († 1873)
- 1788 » Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist and biochemist († 1878)
- 1792 » John Herschel, English mathematician and astronomer († 1871)
Died on March 7
- 1517 » Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (b. 1482)
- 1550 » William IV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1493)
- 1578 » Margaret Douglas, English daughter of Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus (b. 1515)
- 1625 » Johann Bayer, German lawyer and cartographer (b. 1572)
- 1724 » Pope Innocent XIII (b. 1655)
- 1767 » Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (b. 1680)
- 1778 » Charles De Geer, Swedish entomologist and archaeologist (b. 1720)
- 1809 » Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (b. 1753)
- 1810 » Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (b. 1750)
- 1838 » Robert Townsend, American spy (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 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 18 » Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
- April 20 » Deposed monarch James II of England lays siege to Derry.
- August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.