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• "Fransciscus" Françus Françus, Schijndel, NL († 1830)
• Anna Catharina Vosteen, Steenhafe, Oldenburg (D) († 1789)
• Anneke de Greef, Well, Ammerzoden († 1831)
• Bastiaan Hans, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1857)
• Anna Maria Rens, Viersel († 1846)
• Cornelis Bakker, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1796)
• Aeltje Roodbergen, Grouw († 1792)
• Antje van der Bijl Beijl, Kudelstaart
• Cornelius van de Put, Bergeijk
• Antonetta Habraken, Sint Oedenrode († 1877)

• Jacobus Pieters Everhard (20)
• Annigjen Rouwendaal, Hattem
• Barbe PATERNOTTE, Horrues, Henegouwen, België
• Margaret Newton (59), Willington, Tolland, Ct
• Annigjen Rouwendaal, Hattem
• John Blackwood (49), Greene, Tennessee, United States
• Maria Catharina Theresia Cailliau (40), Alveringem
• Anna-Marie Sinnaeve (52), Kortemark, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Elisabeth Van der Aa (19), Aartselaar
• Emerich graf Breunner-Stübing-Fladnitz (53), Lanzendorf (Niederösterreich) Au

• 1736 » Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer († 1803)
• 1740 » Matthias Claudius, German poet and author († 1815)
• 1769 » Napoleon, French general and emperor († 1821)
• 1771 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet († 1832)
• 1785 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author († 1859)
• 1787 » Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist († 1860)
• 1798 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior († 1831)
• 1807 » Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic († 1891)
• 1824 » John Chisum, American businessman († 1884)
• 1839 » Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker († 1915)

• 1666 » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)

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. Neeltje
11. Grietje
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.
• August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
• September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
• September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
• October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
• November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.

The temperature on August 15, 1789 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken donder weerlicht.