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May 19, 1689Born on Friday May 20, 1689
- Isabella KETELS, Ichtegem Belgie († 1722)
- Jan Jans Bresser, Voorst
- Joannes Joannis Jongenelis, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Jenneke te Rutbeeke, Delden
- IJtje Gosses, Hardegarijp
- ISABELLA CONSTANTIA KEGELS († 1722)
- Henrick van den Bogaert, Amsterdam
- Godert Jan Van Reede, Deventer, Overijsel, Neth († 1709)
- Joanna Fish, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1760)
- Anne Jans, Joure/Westermeer/Snikzwaag
Died on Friday May 20, 1689
- Jan Metthijs Matthijs GOOSSENS (73), Loenhout,2290,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
- Joannes GOOSSENS (40), Loenhout, Antwerpen, België
- Margaretha Kraemer (34), Hößlinswart, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Berend Hiddeszn de Vries (57), Harlingen
- Maertie Dircksdr BUYTEWEG (49)
- Gretien DERCKS (2), Westerwijtwerd, Middelstum, Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland
- Joannes Goossens (40), Loenhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Gertien Jansen (2), Westerwijtwerd
- Dorcas Haseltine (3), Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Maertje Dircksdr Buitewegh (43), Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands
Born on May 20
- 1575 » Robert Heath, English judge and politician († 1649)
- 1664 » Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor and architect († 1714)
- 1726 » Francis Cotes, English painter and academic († 1770)
- 1743 » Toussaint Louverture, Haitian revolutionary, general, and president († 1803)
- 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
- 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
- 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
- 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
- 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
- 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
Died on May 20
- 1622 » Osman II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1604)
- 1645 » Shi Kefa, Chinese general and calligrapher (b. 1601)
- 1648 » Władysław IV Vasa, Polish son of Sigismund III Vasa (b. 1595)
- 1677 » George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
- 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
- 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
- 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
- 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
- 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
- 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
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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 16 » The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.
- 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.
- 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.