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• Antje Cornelis Stuijfbergen, Oudkarspel († 1868)
• Arnoldus van Dillen, Rindern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1789)
• Claude COUVAT, La Tronche,38700, Frankrijk († 1849)
• Cornelis Adrianus Raets, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1866)
• Amandus Josephus Constenoble, Erquinghem Frankrijk († 1847)
• Antje Rentenier, Hoogkarspel
• Arnoldus Aries de Bruin, Monster (ZH district VIII) NL
• Eelke (Egberts) Woudstra, Rotsterhaule, Friesland, Nederland († 1829)
• Aaltien Willemsen, Hessem († 1864)
• Anna Maria Catharina OVERHOFF, Hamm-Bossendorf (D) († 1792)

• Henricus van de Sandt (0), Griethausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Catharina Helwegen (73), Thorn
• Anne Marie Callers (70), Robecq, Pas-de-Calais, Frankrijk
• Hans Michael Lauer (74), Heideleberg, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
• Catharina SPIERS (66), Beveren-Waas,9120,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Elisabeth MATTHEUSSEN (64), Rijkevorsel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Alithea MASON (68), New London, New London, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Anne Marie CALERS (70), Robecq,62713,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Gerrit Sebus Mulderij (76), Beekbergen
• Godefrida Petrus Bijnen (78), Waalre, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1755 » Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter († 1842)
• 1786 » John Franklin, English admiral and politician, 4th Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land († 1847)
• 1800 » George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, English field marshal and politician († 1888)
• 1808 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Interior († 1864)
• 1821 » Ford Madox Brown, French-English soldier and painter († 1893)
• 1823 » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic († 1852)
• 1826 » Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician († 1891)
• 1827 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet and bookseller († 1879)
• 1834 » Charles Lennox Richardson, English merchant († 1862)
• 1839 » Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì, Italian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Italy († 1908)

• 1742 » Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino, Italian poet and translator (b. 1672)
• 1756 » Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
• 1783 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
• 1788 » Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
• 1828 » Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and illustrator (b. 1746)
• 1846 » Domenico Dragonetti, Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1850 » Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (b. 1761)
• 1859 » Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (b. 1844)
• 1888 » Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Pieter
5. Cornelis
6. Joannes
7. Willem
8. Jacob
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. Jean
15. Adrianus
16. Leendert

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Trijntje
7. Marie
8. Joanna
9. Elisabeth
10. Grietje
11. Neeltje
12. Adriana
13. Antje
14. Aaltje
15. Elizabeth
16. Janna

• 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)
• January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
• April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
• July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
• July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
• August 26 » The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
• October 6 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.

The temperature on April 16, 1789 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.