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Born on Tuesday August 23, 1689
- Pierre BATAILLE, Batz-sur-Mer,44740,Loire-Atlantique,Pays de la Loire,FRANCE († 1736)
- Carolus SUETINCKX, Pamel († 1738)
- Catharina Agnetha BRUGMANS, Horn, Lippe, NordRhein Westfalen, Germany
- Marijke Leendertsdr. Duijnstee, Wassenaar RK
- Mary Pyle, Bethel,Chester,Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1713)
- Mary Woodbury († 1719)
- Joannes Jansen van HIJNSBERGEN, Berlicum,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1756)
- Egidius Syen, Oevel († 1768)
- Joannes Mauritius Planter, Cassel (F)
- Catharina VAN Vaerenbergh, Erps
Died on Tuesday August 23, 1689
- Guilielmus Vlegels (58), Oevel
- Anna Peeter Hantes (30), Etten-Leur
- Merritge Leendersz (36), Mijdrecht
- Crijna de Witte, Zaamslag
- Merritge Leendertz (36), Mijdrecht
- ONBEKEND, Nijmegen
- Claudine THOMAS (64), Claveisolles,69870,Rhône,Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
- Henricus Andreas Coninxs (1)
- Guilelmus Vleugels (58), Oevel, Belgie
- Jeanne Jahan Laviolette (15), Québec, Quebec, Canada
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 23, 1689 at Delpher
Born on August 23
- 1579 » Thomas Dempster, Scottish scholar and historian († 1625)
- 1623 » Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian († 1675)
- 1724 » Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant († 1796)
- 1741 » Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, French admiral and explorer († 1788)
- 1754 » Louis XVI of France († 1793)
- 1769 » Georges Cuvier, French biologist and academic († 1832)
- 1783 » William Tierney Clark, English engineer, designed the Hammersmith Bridge († 1852)
- 1785 » Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander († 1819)
- 1805 » Anton von Schmerling, Austrian judge and politician († 1893)
- 1814 » James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop († 1877)
Died on August 23
- 1568 » Thomas Wharton, 1st Baron Wharton (b. 1495)
- 1574 » Ebussuud Efendi, Turkish lawyer and jurist (b. 1490)
- 1591 » Luis de León, Spanish poet and academic (b. 1527)
- 1618 » Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1585)
- 1628 » George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1592)
- 1652 » John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English soldier and politician (b. 1600)
- 1706 » Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1654)
- 1723 » Increase Mather, American minister and author (b. 1639)
- 1806 » Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
- 1813 » Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
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)
- 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.
- April 18 » Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
- May 24 » The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
- August 5 » Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
- August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
- August 27 » The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).