About the day » Friday January 2, 1789Calender converter

• Adriana Dolkens, Oudheusden, Elshout en Hulten
• Adriaan Taunay, .Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1851)
• Ana Cândida do Amaral, Itu, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Maria De Wit, Kapelle op den Bos († 1856)
• Adriaan Taunaij, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1851)
• Andreas van Ijseren, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Christina Francisca Elisabeth Asmuth, Grevenstein, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Adriaan Kanters, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1832)
• Asa Applegate, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States († 1872)
• Agnes Liebeton, Hönnepel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland

• Gennaro, Prince Of The Two Sicilies (8)
• Charles de Bourbon-Siciles (0)
• Dingetje van Dijke (50), Tholen
• Catherine PILON (29), Vaubexy
• Antje Eijk van (49), Alphen, ZH, Nederland
• Catherine Levan (59), Albany, Berks, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Schoute, Delft
• Ariaantje Cornelisd van Asperen (16), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Petrus Kiemans, Halsteren
• Cecilia ( De Bil ) Bil (27), Oostkerke-bij-Brugge

• 1727 » James Wolfe, English general († 1759)
• 1732 » František Brixi, Czech organist and composer († 1771)
• 1777 » Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator († 1857)
• 1803 » Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic († 1869)
• 1822 » Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician († 1888)
• 1827 » Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician († 1914)
• 1833 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician († 1893)
• 1836 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author († 1917)
• 1836 » Queen Emma of Hawaii († 1885)
• 1837 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer († 1910)

• 1726 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)

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)
• April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
• April 21 » George Washington's reception at Trenton is hosted by the Ladies of Trenton as he journeys to New York City for his first inauguration.
• 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.
• June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
• July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
• December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

The temperature on January 2, 1789 was about -6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: omtrent helder.