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August 6, 1689Born on Sunday August 7, 1689
- Adriaen Aelberts de Haes († 1749)
- Ariaantge van der Slop, Delft († 1766)
- arent jansz van der velde, nieuwe tonge (goeree overflakkee) († 1745)
- Anna Meinderts Meinders Mellinga, Workum, Nijefurd, Friesland, Nederland († 1730)
- Anna CAUWENBERG, Helmond, 3703, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1767)
- Adriaen van Leeuwen, Nootdorp
- Arent Jansz van der Velde, Nieuwe-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1745)
- Anna Meynerts Mellinga, Workum († 1730)
- Anna Geyskens, Langdorp († 1694)
- Anna Laats, Budel
Died on Sunday August 7, 1689
- Ann Alexander (61), Lancaster, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
- Arendina Maria van ZUYLEN van NIJEVELT
- Ernst Mostert b6 (1)
- Katharina Vermeulen (1)
- ANN Alexander 11th GGM (61), Lancaster, Lancaster, Colony of Virginia
- Abraham Gouverneur (11)
- Geertje Geerts Bouwman (39), Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland
- Tilmannus Prikken (Pricken, Bricken, Prick, Priequen) (37), Schinnen, Nederland
- Blaise Desboeufs (78), Rouvres-sur-Aube, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France
- Jan Jacobs Jongeboer (49), Wolmerum
Born on August 7
- 1560 » Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian aristocrat and serial killer († 1614)
- 1571 » Thomas Lupo, English viol player and composer († 1627)
- 1574 » Robert Dudley, English explorer and cartographer († 1649)
- 1598 » Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet and linguist († 1672)
- 1613 » William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, Dutch stadtholder († 1664)
- 1702 » Muhammad Shah, Mughal emperor of India († 1748)
- 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
- 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
- 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
- 1779 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic († 1859)
Died on August 7
- 1547 » Cajetan, Italian priest and saint (b. 1480)
- 1613 » Thomas Fleming, English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1544)
- 1616 » Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect, designed Teatro Olimpico (b. 1548)
- 1632 » Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford, English soldier (b. 1575)
- 1635 » Friedrich Spee, German poet and academic (b. 1591)
- 1639 » Martin van den Hove, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
- 1661 » Jin Shengtan, Chinese journalist and critic (b. 1608)
- 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
- 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
- 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
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 13 » William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
- March 16 » The 23rd Regiment of Foot, or Royal Welch Fusiliers, is founded.
- 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.
- October 26 » General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease himself soon after.