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April 21, 1689Born on Friday April 22, 1689
- Joannes Verstappen, Helden
- Johanna EGGEN, Brustem, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
- Govert van LOOVEREN, Dordrecht
- Cornelius Janssen van Turnhout, Essen (B) († 1765)
- François OGER, Chemazé, Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France († 1763)
- Johann Münch, Gimmigen, Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Cornelis Van Turnhout, Nispen (NL)
- Cornelia Cuijpers, Helden († 1752)
- Catharina Houtmeyers, Tessenderlo, Limburg, Belgie († 1727)
- Euphemia Gesina Rickers, Deldorf, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
Died on Friday April 22, 1689
- Beat Adam ANDRES (0), Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
- Bartele Popkes (59), Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
- Nicolaus Nicolai Prytz (84)
- neeltje ariens van putten, nieuw-beijerland (zuid holland)
- Maria DeHamer, Klerken,West-Vlaanderen,België
- Neeltje Ariensdr Putten van (49), Nieuw-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Elisabeth Kaufmann (36), Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Neeltje Ariens van Putte (51), Nieuw Beijerland
- Jannetje WILLEMSD
- Neeltje Arens van Putten, Nieuw-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Born on April 22
- 1610 » Pope Alexander VIII († 1691)
- 1658 » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer († 1709)
- 1690 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1763)
- 1707 » Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright († 1754)
- 1711 » Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, Austrian soldier († 1762)
- 1724 » Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic († 1804)
- 1732 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor († 1814)
- 1744 » James Sullivan, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Massachusetts († 1808)
- 1757 » Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer († 1841)
- 1766 » Germaine de Staël, French author and political philosopher († 1817)
Died on April 22
- 1585 » Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück and Paderborn (b. 1550)
- 1616 » Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1547)
- 1672 » Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish linguist and poet (b. 1598)
- 1699 » Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet (b. 1646)
- 1758 » Antoine de Jussieu, French botanist and physician (b. 1686)
- 1778 » James Hargreaves, British inventor (b. 1720)
- 1806 » Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (b. 1763)
- 1821 » Gregory V of Constantinople, Greek patriarch and saint (b. 1746)
- 1833 » Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (b. 1771)
- 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
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.
- July 27 » Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
- August 5 » Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
- October 26 » General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease himself soon after.