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Born on Monday August 31, 1789
- Cornelis Poland, Lambertschaag (Medemblik) († 1790)
- Arien van Horssen, Hellouw
- Dieuwke Feitzes van den Burg, Menaldum († 1833)
- Elizabeth Moore, Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Colony, British America († 1870)
- Dieuwke Feitzes van den Burg, Menaldum († 1833)
- Carolina Maria Anna Theresia APPONYI DE NAGY-APPONY, Vienna, Wien, Austria († 1872)
- Anna Maria Voets, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1821)
- Arnoldus De Bont, Raamsdonksveer, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland
- Antonia Gerritsen, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1861)
- "Anna" Anna Maria Anna Maria, Schijndel, NL
Died on Monday August 31, 1789
- Elizabeth Haydock (1)
- Cornelis de Wit (49), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Hendrik Ruijtenberg (0), Harderwijk
- Antje Voet (66), Oudeschild
- Henricus Goosens (27)
- Geertje Harms' van den Berg (40), Enkhuizen
- Joannes Andreas DE LOECKER (40), Gooik
- Maria Elisabeth Schaffgotsch van Kynast-Greiffenstein (55)
- Nathan Scofield (87), Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
- Adriaan Gerrits Ardon, Klundert
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 31, 1789 at Delpher
Born on August 31
- 1741 » Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, French composer and educator († 1816)
- 1748 » Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, and playwright († 1820)
- 1767 » Henry Joy McCracken, Irish businessman and activist, founded the Society of United Irishmen († 1798)
- 1775 » Agnes Bulmer, English poet and author († 1836)
- 1797 » Stephen Geary, English architect, inventor and entrepreneur († 1854)
- 1802 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general († 1834)
- 1821 » Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist († 1894)
- 1823 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1907)
- 1834 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and educator († 1886)
- 1842 » Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist († 1924)
Died on August 31
- 1730 » Gottfried Finger, Czech-German viol player and composer (b. 1660)
- 1741 » Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (b. 1681)
- 1772 » William Borlase, English geologist and historian (b. 1695)
- 1795 » François-André Danican Philidor, French-English chess player and composer (b. 1726)
- 1799 » Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect and academic, designed the Bernstorff Palace and Marienlyst Castle (b. 1720)
- 1811 » Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1729)
- 1814 » Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
- 1817 » Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1747)
- 1818 » Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (b. 1745)
- 1867 » Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (b. 1821)
Names that were popular for boys in 1789
- Jan
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Willem
- Jacob
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Klaas
- Jean
- Adrianus
- Leendert
Names that were popular for girls in 1789
- Maria
- Anna
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Catharina
- Trijntje
- Marie
- Joanna
- Elisabeth
- Grietje
- Neeltje
- Adriana
- Antje
- Aaltje
- Elizabeth
- Janna
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1789
- 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 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
- February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
- July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
- July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
- August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
- September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
Weather August 31, 1789
The temperature on August 31, 1789 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.