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August 1, 1689Born on Tuesday August 2, 1689
- Lijsbedt de Jongh, Rotterdam
- Peter Adriaan van den Dries, Tilburg († 1729)
- Adrianus van Eijck, Bokhoven
- Jacobus Gijselvegt, Gouda
- Adrianus Fens, Oosterhout,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
- Elisabeth van Duijse, Sint-Gillis-Waas, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Anna Schwieger, Grassau,Stendal,Sachsen-Anhalt,Bundesrepublick Deutschland († 1715)
- Aleyde Vanstapel, Gelinden, België († 1763)
- Cornelia Prince de, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adrianus, Bergeyk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Tuesday August 2, 1689
- Richard Patteshall , Captain (53), Pemaquid, Lincoln, Maine
- Anna Susanna von Meggau (72), Drahenitz, Polen
- Maria Eleonore van Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (56), Keulen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Catherine TISSIER (60), Bourbon-l'Archambault, Allier, France
- Anna Susanna van MEGGAU (72), Drahenitz
- Maria Judoca Callewaert (76), Wingene,8750,West-Vlaanderen,België
- Balthass Neubecker (44), Gauersheim, Donnersbergkreis, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Anna Suzanne Apollonia van Meggau (72), Drahenice (Drahenitz), Centraal-Bohemen, Tsjechië
- Maria Eleonora van SOLMS-HOHENSOLMS-LICH (56), Keulen, Noordrijn-Westfalen
- Jeffrey Roger Hawkins (50)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 2, 1689 at Delpher
Born on August 2
- 1627 » Samuel Dirksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter († 1678)
- 1630 » Estephan El Douaihy, Maronite patriarch († 1704)
- 1646 » Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral and buccaneer († 1715)
- 1672 » Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss paleontologist and scholar († 1733)
- 1674 » Philippe II, Duke of Orléans († 1723)
- 1696 » Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan († 1754)
- 1702 » Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau († 1769)
- 1703 » Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus († 1775)
- 1740 » Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general († 1817)
- 1754 » Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. († 1825)
Died on August 2
- 1589 » Henry III of France (b. 1551)
- 1605 » Richard Leveson, English admiral (b. c. 1570)
- 1611 » Katō Kiyomasa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1562)
- 1667 » Francesco Borromini, Swiss architect, designed San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane and Sant'Agnese in Agone (b. 1599)
- 1696 » Robert Campbell of Glenlyon (b. 1630)
- 1769 » Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1689)
- 1788 » Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (b. 1727)
- 1799 » Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, French inventor, co-invented the hot air balloon (b. 1745)
- 1815 » Guillaume Brune, French general and politician (b. 1763)
- 1823 » Lazare Carnot, French mathematician, general, and politician, President of the National Convention (b. 1753)
Names that were popular for boys in 1689
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Johannes
- Jacob
- Willem
- Jean
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- John
- Johann
- 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.
- April 18 » Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
- 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.