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Born on Tuesday August 9, 1689
- Jannetjen, Harderwijk
- Cornelius Peters Jansen Willems, Zeeland (N.Br.) († 1771)
- Jannetie Engels Prins, Wassenaar († 1749)
- Johannes Womelsdorf, Diedenshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Catrina Eijbergen, Groningen († 1749)
- Joannes Franciscus GODOU, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1749)
- Jacobus Deckemyn, Roeselare
- Jordanus Ram, Amersfoort
- Cornelis Peters Jan Willems Vos, Zeeland († 1771)
- Dierck Adriaen Merten Bussers, Kalmthout (B) († 1690)
Died on Tuesday August 9, 1689
- Ellegunda Crans (69), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
- Walter Gaylord 10 E (71), Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
- Daem Barthouts (56), St Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
- John (nee Lain) MacGregor (53), Scotland
- Walter Gaylord (71), Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
- Martha Todd (2), Rothwell Haigh, Rothwell Yorkshire England
- Regine Essich (26)
- Willem Noppen (44)
- Maria Rudolph (34), Zurich, Switzerland
- Jantien Janses Bennema (44)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 9, 1689 at Delpher
Born on August 9
- 1603 » Johannes Cocceius, German-Dutch theologian and academic († 1669)
- 1648 » Johann Michael Bach, German composer († 1694)
- 1653 » John Oldham, English poet and translator († 1683)
- 1674 » František Maxmilián Kaňka, Czech architect, designed the Veltrusy Mansion († 1766)
- 1696 » Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein († 1772)
- 1722 » Prince Augustus William of Prussia († 1758)
- 1726 » Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician († 1778)
- 1748 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher († 1809)
- 1757 » Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, American humanitarian; wife of Alexander Hamilton († 1854)
- 1757 » Thomas Telford, Scottish architect and engineer, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge († 1834)
Died on August 9
- 1516 » Hieronymus Bosch, Early Netherlandish painter (b. circa 1450)
- 1534 » Thomas Cajetan, Italian cardinal and philosopher (b. 1470)
- 1580 » Metrophanes III of Constantinople (b. 1520)
- 1601 » Michael the Brave, Romanian prince (b. 1558)
- 1634 » William Noy, English lawyer and judge (b. 1577)
- 1720 » Simon Ockley, English orientalist and academic (b. 1678)
- 1744 » James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (b. 1673)
- 1816 » Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (b. 1771)
- 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
- 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
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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)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.