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• Adriaan Adrien Van Seeters, Raamsdonk († 1857)
• Barbara D'hulster, Zarren († 1789)
• Willemarck, Maldegem
• Anna Catharina Behets, Kwerps († 1790)
• Anna van der VLIET, Nederhemert, Gelderland, Nederland († 1863)
• van Seters Seeters Ceeters Seetern Ceters Seders Zeters, Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1857)
• Berent (Berend) Eggink, Hengelo (Bronckhorst) († 1863)
• Anna Sophia van Stockem, Maastricht († 1853)
• Adrianus van Seters, Raamsdonk († 1857)
• Coenraad v Hennekeler, Nijkerk

• Jacobus PATTYN (47), Izegem, 36008, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Geertjen (Harms) Emsbroek (69), Laren
• Jacobus (II) (62), Bangert
• Anna Christina VAN MECHELEN, Moorsel
• Geertjen Emsbroek (68), Laren Gld
• Andreas GEEROMS (78), Gooik, Belgique
• Jehosaphat Holmes (67), Amenia, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Elsje van Groeningen (26), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Schouten (51), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelis de Swart (81), Gilze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1762 » Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, English politician († 1834)
• 1770 » Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom († 1840)
• 1772 » Ram Mohan Roy, Indian philosopher and reformer († 1833)
• 1782 » Hirose Tansō, Japanese neo-Confucian scholar, teacher, writer († 1856)
• 1783 » William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor († 1850)
• 1808 » Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator († 1855)
• 1811 » Giulia Grisi, Italian soprano († 1869)
• 1811 » Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, English politician († 1864)
• 1813 » Richard Wagner, German composer († 1883)
• 1814 » Amalia Lindegren, Swedish painter († 1891)

• 1745 » François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)
• 1760 » Baal Shem Tov, Polish rabbi and author (b. 1700)
• 1772 » Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and academic (b. 1687)
• 1795 » Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg, Prussian politician, Foreign Minister of Prussia (b. 1725)
• 1802 » Martha Washington, First, First Lady of the United States (b. 1731)
• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)

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)
• January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
• April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
• June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
• July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
• October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.

The temperature on May 22, 1789 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.