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Born on Friday August 19, 1689
- Adrianus Johannes van Roij, Boxtel, Nederland († 1712)
- Michael van den Bergh-, Hilvarenbeek, Nederland († 1739)
- Cornelia van Gammeren, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1742)
- Florence vande Cnocke, Halluin(F) († 1691)
- EliSabeth Jans switsbergen, Noordwijk
- Sake Folkerts, Anjum
- Bartholomä Oblasser, Zell am Ziller,Schwaz,Tirol,Österreich
- Joanna Castelijns, Dussen
- Engelbert Küsters, Uedem, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
- Mattheus van der LINDEN, Dordrecht
Died on Friday August 19, 1689
- Elisabeth Eisenbrucher
- Meeuwis PIETERSZ
- Johannes de Bruijn (70), Bornem, Antwerpen, België
- Richard Atkins (74), Clapham, Surrey, England
- Susan Reuters (2), Amtshausen, Wittgenstein, Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia, Germany
- Richard LE VEEL (64), Alleaume-Valognes, 50700, Manche, Basse-Normandie, FRANCE
- Barbera DIRKS
- Sybilla (65), Auerbach, Bensheim, Bergstraße, Hesse, Germany
- Hannah Bonham (29), Piscataway, Somerset, New Jersey Colony
- Jeffrey Parsons (58), Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Born on August 19
- 1596 » Elizabeth Stuart, queen of Bohemia († 1662)
- 1621 » Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Dutch painter, etcher, and poet († 1674)
- 1631 » John Dryden, English poet, literary critic and playwright († 1700)
- 1646 » John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic († 1719)
- 1686 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician († 1737)
- 1689 » Samuel Richardson, English author and publisher († 1761)
- 1711 » Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician († 1761)
- 1719 » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat († 1791)
- 1743 » Madame du Barry, French mistress of Louis XV of France († 1793)
- 1777 » Francis I, king of the Two Sicilies († 1830)
Died on August 19
- 1580 » Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, designed the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore (b. 1508)
- 1646 » Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian and academic (b. 1583)
- 1654 » Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller, Bohemian rabbi (b. 1579)
- 1662 » Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
- 1680 » Jean Eudes, French priest, founded the Congregation of Jesus and Mary (b. 1601)
- 1691 » Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, Ottoman commander and politician, 117th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1637)
- 1702 » Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1645)
- 1753 » Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (b. 1687)
- 1808 » Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)
- 1822 » Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
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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)
- 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 12 » The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
- April 11 » William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
- April 20 » Deposed monarch James II of England lays siege to Derry.
- 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.