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• Catharine Sophie Eduwaere, Esen
• Berndina Hendrika Klein Regelink, Zelhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1857)
• Carel Derk Otto, Amsterdam Noord Holland († 1819)
• Augustin Joseph Senden, Tournai (B) († 1838)
• Anna Riemslag, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benjamin Thurston, Worcester County, Massachusetts († 1842)
• Egidus Driesen, Berendrecht († 1811)
• Cornelis Vertelman, Westwoud
• Albert Alberts de Jong († 1830)
• Berendina Hendrika Klein Regelink, Zelhem (Gelderland) († 1857)

• Adriaantje Jacobs van Vuure (79), Watergang, North Holland, Netherlands
• Catherine CHARLIER (54), Grâce-Hollogne, 4460, Liège, Belgique
• Elsje Corver (35), Ter Aa, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Gertrudis Stassen, Elen
• Fhilippus de Blaauw (0), Rotterdam
• Jan Jans de Meulmeester (69), Nieuw en St. Joosland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Annigje van Oostrum (75)
• Alke Jacobs, Großefehn
• Jan Jans Meulmeester (69), Nieuw en St. Joosland
• Anthonij Marcelis (66), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands

• 1753 » Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and rebel leader († 1811)
• 1786 » John Vianney, French priest and saint († 1859)
• 1815 » Edward Tompkins, American lawyer and politician († 1872)
• 1818 » Samuel Leonard Tilley, Canadian pharmacist and politician, 3rd Premier of New Brunswick († 1896)
• 1821 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist († 1885)
• 1824 » William Walker, American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary († 1860)
• 1825 » George Bruce Malleson, English-Indian colonel and author († 1898)
• 1828 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk and saint († 1898)
• 1828 » Henry Dunant, Swiss businessman and activist, co-founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate († 1910)
• 1829 » Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American pianist and composer († 1869)

• 1766 » Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (b. 1693)
• 1773 » Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
• 1781 » Richard Jago, English priest and poet (b. 1715)
• 1782 » Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
• 1785 » Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
• 1785 » Pietro Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1701)
• 1788 » Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
• 1794 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)
• 1819 » Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands
• 1822 » John Stark, American general (b. 1728)

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)
• April 1 » In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
• April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
• September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
• September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
• October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.

The temperature on May 8, 1789 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.