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• Aaltje Jongman, Terschelling († 1836)
• Adriana Adriaans Raijmakers, Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Anne Marie Leunissen, Sittard-Geleen (Geleen) (Limburg) († 1851)
• Andries Joseph Indorp, Vlissingen († 1830)
• Ariaantje Simons Rodenburg, Overschie
• Aaltje Volkerts Jonkman, Terschelling († 1836)
• Adriana Kleinhout, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1789)
• Barbara Theresia van Oost, Vinkt (B)
• Aaltje Hendriksen, Ede († 1814)
• Adriana Kleinhout, Maassluis († 1789)

• Gijsbertus de Kruijff (59), Ter Aar, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Leendertse van der Quast (76)
• Cornelis Corneliszn. Naaktgeboren (3)
• Justina Wilhelmus van den Nosterom
• Japik Ligthart (69), Lekkerkerk
• Albertijn Reints Maarsingh
• harmanus bronsingh(ck) (61), amsterdam
• Kornelia Gerritsd KLEIJWEG (31), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Cornelia Kleijweg (30), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldina Huberta Struuck (24), Groningen (geregistreerd)

• 1726 » James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts († 1790)
• 1742 » Nathanael Greene, American general († 1786)
• 1751 » Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange († 1820)
• 1779 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic († 1859)
• 1844 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and author († 1911)
• 1860 » Alan Leo, English astrologer and author († 1917)
• 1862 » Henri Le Sidaner, French painter († 1939)
• 1862 » Victoria of Baden († 1931)
• 1867 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and illustrator († 1956)
• 1868 » Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Russian-German economist and statistician († 1931)

• 1787 » Francis Blackburne, English Anglican churchman and activist (b. 1705)
• 1817 » Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French economist and politician (b. 1739)
• 1834 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor, invented the Jacquard loom (b. 1752)
• 1848 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic (b. 1779)
• 1855 » Mariano Arista, Mexican general and politician, 19th President of Mexico (b. 1802)
• 1864 » Li Xiucheng, Chinese field marshal (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)

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)
• February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
• 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.
• July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
• September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
• September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
• October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

The temperature on August 7, 1789 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.