About the day » Sunday January 25, 1789Calender converter

• Adrianus van Rosmalen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1831)
• Adriaan van ZWEDEN, Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1854)
• Wagenmaker, Lena, Geervliet († 1819)
• Abraham Arendsz Quack (Kwak), Oostvoorne († 1847)
• Aaltje Wijnoogst, Monnickendam, nh.nld
• Aaltjen Fransen Slot, NG Kerk Wanneperveen
• Aagje Straatjes, Castricum († 1855)
• Adriaan van Sweden, Kruiningen († 1854)
• Albert (Jans) Smit, Meppel († 1864)
• Aaltjen Fransses SLOT, Wanneperveen

• Frans van Dommelen (1), St Annaland Zeeland
• Albert van LEEUWEN, Alkmaar,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• András Hámos (21), Ártánd, Hajdu-Bihar, Hungary
• Elizabeth Willoughby (28), Virginia, United States
• Graves Hansen (0), Holsted Sogn, Malt, Ribe
• Johanna Craal, Utrecht
• Jan Berends KUILGEN (39), Wetsinge, Adorp, Winsum, Groningen, Nederland
• Gasparus Verhagen
• Dingena de Jong (36), Spijk, Nederland
• Gerrit Hendriksen Mulderij (66), Beekbergen

• 1755 » Paolo Mascagni, Italian physician and anatomist (probable; d. 1815)
• 1759 » Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter († 1796)
• 1783 » William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist, founded Colgate-Palmolive († 1857)
• 1794 » François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist, physician, physiologist, and lawyer († 1878)
• 1796 » William MacGillivray, Scottish ornithologist and biologist († 1852)
• 1813 » J. Marion Sims, American gynecologist and physician († 1883)
• 1816 » Anna Gardner, American abolitionist and teacher († 1901)
• 1822 » Charles Reed Bishop, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician, founded the Bishop Museum († 1915)
• 1822 » William McDougall, Canadian lawyer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories († 1905)
• 1823 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876–1877) († 1891)

• 1726 » Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
• 1733 » Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet, English banker and politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1652)
• 1751 » Paul Dudley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1675)
• 1852 » Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Richard S. Ewell, American general (b. 1817)
• 1881 » Konstantin Thon, Russian architect, designed the Grand Kremlin Palace and Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (b. 1794)
• 1884 » Périclès Pantazis, Greek-Belgian painter (b. 1849)
• 1891 » Theo van Gogh, Art dealer, the brother of Vincent van Gogh (b. 1857)
• 1900 » Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, German Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1835)
• 1907 » René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879)

• 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 1 » In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
• April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
• July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
• July 15 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
• August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
• November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

The temperature on January 25, 1789 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.