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June 11, 1689Born on Sunday June 12, 1689
- Catharina Kolaa, Nootdorp
- Adriana Bergijn, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1758)
- Adriana (Adriaantje) Begin (Bergeijn; Bragijn), Leiden,Leiden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1758)
- Cornelius Mertens, Boom
- Cuneira Adolfs Idsinga, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
- Catharina Pruijm, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Cornelis Plokaar, Rozenburg († 1697)
- Aaltje Jans Berkhout, Oostzaan († 1690)
- Cuneira van Idsinga, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
- Cornelis Kamp, Huisduinen († 1690)
Died on Sunday June 12, 1689
- Maijke Daame van Plockhaijr (31)
- Joannes De Kerf (72), Bazel, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Elisabeth Wagemakers (16), Wouw
- Ferdinant Andries van der Sterre (Sterren) (29)
- Gustav Ernst Graf Zu Stolberg-Gedern (4), Gedern
- Gijsbert Claesz Van KRIMPEN (33)
- Bertrand Fafard (69), Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
- Joannes de Kerf (72), Bazel, Kruibeke, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Catharina Pruijm (1), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Madeleine Madelaine BURLAMACCHI (34), Genève,1200,Genève,Région Lémanique,SUISSE
Born on June 12
- 1580 » Adriaen van Stalbemt, Flemish painter († 1662)
- 1653 » Maria Amalia of Courland, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel († 1711)
- 1686 » Marie-Catherine Homassel Hecquet, French writer († 1764)
- 1711 » Louis Legrand, French priest and theologian († 1780)
- 1760 » Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai, French author, playwright, journalist, and politician († 1797)
- 1771 » Patrick Gass, American sergeant (Lewis and Clark Expedition) and author († 1870)
- 1775 » Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal († 1851)
- 1777 » Robert Clark, American physician and politician († 1837)
- 1795 » John Marston, American sailor († 1885)
- 1798 » Samuel Cooper, American general († 1876)
Died on June 12
- 1565 » Adrianus Turnebus, French philologist and scholar (b. 1512)
- 1567 » Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, English politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1490)
- 1647 » Thomas Farnaby, English scholar and educator (b. 1575)
- 1668 » Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge, English politician (b. 1599)
- 1675 » Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (b. 1634)
- 1734 » James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French-English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1670)
- 1758 » Prince Augustus William of Prussia (b. 1722)
- 1772 » Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, French explorer (b. 1724)
- 1778 » Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (b. 1716)
- 1816 » Pierre Augereau, French general (b. 1757)
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.
- 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.
- 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.