About the day » Sunday February 8, 1789Calender converter

• , DEN HAAG, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianis VERHAGEN, Rotterdam
• Aaltjen Leenderts Stam, Wanneperveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1841)
• Aebeltien FEIJEN, Assen,, Drenthe, Nederland († 1864)
• Adriana Verhagen
• Adriana Huisman, Delft († 1846)
• Adrianus Cornelis Rijsen, Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, NL († 1838)
• Adrianus Schreutelkamp, Utrecht († 1852)
• Abraham Wagenaar, Schoorldam († 1847)
• Anna Catharina Krumeich, Ransbach, Duitsland († 1863)

• Anna Maria Magdalena Backerus (21), Leeuwarden
• David Miller (70)
• Anna Elisabeth Van Den Plas, Lichtaart
• Bernard LEMAHIEU (46), Houthem,7781,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique
• Jenneken Wiltink (20), Zelhem
• Adriana FLAMMÉ (60), Sint-Martens-Lierde, Lierde, Province of East Flanders, Belgium
• Jan Markus (4)
• Jantje Bakker (0), Scherpenzeel, Nederland
• Albertien Berents (Breider) (47), Zuidwolde
• Annegijn HINDERIKS (3), Westerbroek, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland

• 1762 » Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor († 1820)
• 1764 » Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor († 1846)
• 1792 » Caroline Augusta of Bavaria († 1873)
• 1798 » Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia († 1849)
• 1807 » Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and zoologist († 1889)
• 1817 » Richard S. Ewell, American general († 1872)
• 1819 » John Ruskin, English author, critic, and academic († 1900)
• 1820 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general († 1891)
• 1822 » Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist († 1894)
• 1825 » Henry Walter Bates, English geographer, biologist, and explorer († 1892)

• 1696 » Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
• 1709 » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)
• 1725 » Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)
• 1749 » Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
• 1750 » Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (b. 1685)
• 1768 » George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (b. 1695)
• 1772 » Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1719)
• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
• April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
• September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
• October 6 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
• December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

The temperature on February 8, 1789 was about 3.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.