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Born on Friday August 26, 1689
- petrus jeucken, sevenum († 1772)
- Christianus van den Broeck, Zundert
- Anna Somers, Wilrijk, België († 1734)
- Petrus Norel (Nooreel Norreel Morreels Noireels), Esen, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, België
- Edmé Niquet, Menou, 58210, Francia († 1732)
- Matheus Verhoeven, Neerijse († 1763)
- Maria Henrici, Boekel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Renée TROUILLARD, Foudon, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
- Guillaume VALLEE, Lasne Chapelle,1380,Brabant Wallon,Wallonie, België († 1758)
- Petrus Jeuken, Sevenum
Died on Friday August 26, 1689
- Annetje Duck (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
- Catharina Eumelen (64), Geleen,, Limburg, Nederland
- Annetje Duk (0)
- Thomas Marshall (3), Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
- Thomas Mighill Jr (49), Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
- Catharina Meier (2), Ellmendingen (Keltern), Enzkreis, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
- Joannes Ponet, Zottegem
- Louys - Louis ARHURO (61), Grand-Champ,MORBIHAN,Bretagne,France
- Maria De Clercq (54), Loppem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Maria Anna Annaert (0), Verrebroek
Born on August 26
- 1596 » Frederick V, Elector Palatine, Bohemian king († 1632)
- 1676 » Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1745)
- 1694 » Elisha Williams, English colonial minister, academic, and politician († 1755)
- 1695 » Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter († 1791)
- 1728 » Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1777)
- 1736 » Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist († 1790)
- 1740 » Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor, invented the hot air balloon († 1810)
- 1743 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist († 1794)
- 1751 » Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop († 1825)
- 1775 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic († 1851)
Died on August 26
- 1551 » Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
- 1572 » Petrus Ramus, French philosopher and logician (b. 1515)
- 1595 » António, Prior of Crato (b. 1531)
- 1666 » Frans Hals, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1580)
- 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Ruler of Wallachia (b. 1654)
- 1714 » Edward Fowler, English bishop and author (b. 1632)
- 1723 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist and biologist (b. 1632)
- 1785 » George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician, 3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1716)
- 1810 » Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish sailor and politician, 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (b. 1753)
- 1813 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (b. 1791)
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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)
- March 12 » James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.
- 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.
- August 21 » The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
- 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.