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March 6, 1689Born on Monday March 7, 1689
- Dirk Leendertszn van der Harst, Scheveningen († 1752)
- Elisabeth Weyandt, Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1771)
- Dirk Leenderts van der Harst, Scheveningen († 1752)
- Dirck Leenderts van der Harst, Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage) († 1752)
- Catharina Häcker, Gutenberg, Saalkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany († 1759)
- Agnes Baeten, Niel-bij-As († 1747)
- Geertruy Gysbertsz Sprongh, Utrecht
- Catharina Hartman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Clara Wouters, Werchter
- Dimphna VAN HOUT, Balen St-Andries, Balen, Antwerpen, België
Died on Monday March 7, 1689
- Johannes de Blécourt (51), Duisburg (D)
- Livina BOY, Puurs Belgie
- Elisabeth Meerts (43), Geel
- Charles MOREL, Abbeville,80132,Somme,Picardie,FRANCE
- Susan Munter (97), Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
- Thonis Teunis Cornelisz van Santen (79), Scherpenzeel
- Joanna Roelants (0), Lubbeek
- Thonis Cornelisz van Santen, Scherpenzeel,, Gelderland, Nederland
- Elisabeth Meerts (43), Geel, Antwerpen, België
- Annetjen Jans (20)
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)
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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)
- 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.
- 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.
- May 24 » The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
- October 26 » General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease himself soon after.