About the day » Wednesday May 20, 1789Calender converter

• Anna Maria Kockx, Riethoven (gemeente Bergeijk) († 1847)
• Aaltje Volten, Harderwijk († 1877)
• Anna Maria Magdelena Simonis, Warburg, Westphalia, Prussen, Germany († 1789)
• Anna van alphen, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Sijbrens Bangma, Sloten, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Kristiaans Faust, Kollum († 1869)
• Antje Cornelis de Vries, St Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1836)
• Casper van den Hurck, Erp, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonij Duinhouwer, Poortvliet
• Aaltjen Volten, Harderwijk († 1877)

• Aaltje Pieters (32), Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Geneviève CHARPENTIER (67), Issy-les-Moulineaux, 92040, Hauts de Seine, Ile-de-France, France
• Adriana Jacobusse Tijchon (57), Stavenisse, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Catharina Chaudron (32), Leiden
• Cornelis Adolfszn den Dulk (59), Scheveningen
• NN, Terwispel, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Aletta Boot (83), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Cecilia HERINCKX (0), Sint-Stevens-Woluwe (B)
• Dorothea (Derris) Gerrits, Appeltern
• Adriana Jans Tychon│Tiggon (57), Stavenisse Zl

• 1759 » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol († 1828)
• 1769 » Andreas Vokos Miaoulis, Greek admiral and politician († 1835)
• 1772 » Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets († 1828)
• 1776 » Simon Fraser, American-Canadian fur trader and explorer († 1862)
• 1795 » Pedro María de Anaya, Mexican soldier. President (1847-1848) († 1854)
• 1799 » Honoré de Balzac, French novelist and playwright († 1850)
• 1806 » John Stuart Mill, English economist, civil servant, and philosopher († 1873)
• 1811 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1887)
• 1818 » William Fargo, American businessman and politician, co-founded Wells Fargo and American Express († 1881)
• 1822 » Frédéric Passy, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1912)

• 1713 » Thomas Sprat, English bishop (b. 1635)
• 1717 » John Trevor, Welsh lawyer and politician, 102nd Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1637)
• 1722 » Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1669)
• 1732 » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 1782 » William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
• 1793 » Charles Bonnet, Swiss botanist and biologist (b. 1720)
• 1812 » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (b. 1757)
• 1841 » Joseph Blanco White, Spanish poet and theologian (b. 1775)
• 1864 » John Clare, English poet (b. 1793)

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. John

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 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
• July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
• July 14 » Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
• September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
• September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
• September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.

The temperature on May 20, 1789 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt omtrent helder.