About the day » Tuesday January 6, 1789Calender converter

• Catharina Frederika Arens, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1858)
• Arnolda Ruijsbroeck, Wamel
• Antje Hermans, Völlen († 1829)
• Adriana Maria van Nispen, Etten (RK Dopen)
• Augustinus Joannes DECHAENE, Oostende, 35013, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1790)
• Bernardus Bubbert, Berkel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina HUBER, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland NL († 1856)
• Annetje Glas, Egmond aan Zee († 1862)
• Adriana Kuijs, Vlijmen
• Annegje Vos, Smilde († 1816)

• Cornelia Ariesdr Niemandsverdriet (60), Monster
• Bernardus Dorhout (86), Leeuwarden, Fr, Nederland
• Anselmus Speecke (65), Kortemark West-Vlaanderen België
• Aeltjen Aerts (81), Epe, GL, NL
• Augustine Rosalie Du Bois (0), Herlies, 59134, Nord, FRANCE
• Aleidis Wanders (3), Elten, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland
• Berend Heinrich von Tiesenhausen (85), Tallinn, Estonie
• Ariana HOOTS (35), Halsteren, Bergen op Zoom, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands
• Alexander Wilson (86), Fordyce, Banffshire, Scotland
• Anna Maria Pijls (56), Nuth

• 1766 » José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, first dictator of Paraguay († 1840)
• 1785 » Andreas Moustoxydis, Greek historian and philologist († 1860)
• 1793 » James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War († 1862)
• 1795 » Anselme Payen, French chemist and academic († 1871)
• 1799 » Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author († 1831)
• 1803 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer († 1888)
• 1807 » Joseph Petzval, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist († 1891)
• 1808 » Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American conchologist and paleontologist († 1864)
• 1811 » Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician († 1874)
• 1822 » Heinrich Schliemann, German archaeologist and businessman († 1890)

• 1718 » Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1664)
• 1725 » Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1653)
• 1731 » Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (b. 1672)
• 1734 » John Dennis, English playwright and critic (b. 1657)
• 1813 » Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)
• 1829 » Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (b. 1753)
• 1831 » Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1766)
• 1840 » Frances Burney, English author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1852 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (b. 1809)
• 1855 » Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (b. 1779)

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 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
• July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
• July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
• October 6 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.
• November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

The temperature on January 6, 1789 was about -8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast by east. Weather type: helder.