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May 7, 1689Born on Sunday May 8, 1689
- Anne KOLLER, Traubach-le-Bas (68210, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1689)
- Arien Lagendijk, Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1690)
- Ariken Ariens Kamerman, Veen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aertje Kamermans, Veen († 1723)
- Ariken Aeltje Kamerman(s), Veen (NBR) The Netherlands
- Ariken Aeltje Camerman, Veen
- Anna Katharina Ruppenthal, Schutheissen, Achtelsbach, Germany († 1759)
- Bastiaan Dirksz, Bleskensgraaf
- Aniken Camerman, Veen
- Bastiaan CORPORAAL, Bleskensgraaf († 1767)
Died on Sunday May 8, 1689
- Heino Bohe (36)
- Antie Sybrens, Leeuwarden
- Aalbert Pietersz Smit (of Bollen), Egmond aan Zee (Gem. Bergen, NH)
- Ghyselbrecht De Bosch, Assenede, Assenede, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- John Dennis (48), Woodbridge, Mddsx., New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
- Magdalena Amalie (0), unbekannt
- Samuel West Sr (45), Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
- Charles Stewart (27), Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Antje Sybrens, Leeuwarden
- Cornelis Reijnierse Van Der PUT (1)
Born on May 8
- 1632 » Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and politician († 1706)
- 1639 » Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Italian artist († 1709)
- 1641 » Nicolaes Witsen, Mayor of Amsterdam, Netherlands († 1717)
- 1653 » Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence († 1734)
- 1670 » Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire († 1726)
- 1698 » Henry Baker, English naturalist († 1774)
- 1720 » William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1764)
- 1735 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician († 1811)
- 1737 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician († 1794)
- 1745 » Carl Stamitz, German violinist and composer († 1801)
Died on May 8
- 1668 » Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nun and saint (b. 1632)
- 1766 » Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (b. 1693)
- 1773 » Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
- 1781 » Richard Jago, English priest and poet (b. 1715)
- 1782 » Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
- 1785 » Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
- 1785 » Pietro Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1701)
- 1788 » Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
- 1794 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)
- 1819 » Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands
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)
- March 12 » James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.
- March 16 » The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.
- August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
- 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.
- December 16 » Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.