About the day » Sunday October 11, 1789Calender converter

• Anna Ockerse, Bruinisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1848)
• Adriaan Holleman, Hardinxveld († 1792)
• Aart den Haring, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1820)
• Angetje Sijmonsz van Dijk, Hekelingen (ZH district II) NL
• Adrianus van der Blom, Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anke Alberts Stokroos, Grootegast († 1874)
• Aaltjen Geerts Dijkstra, Tjamsweer, Groningen, Nederland († 1794)
• Adriana van den Boogaard, Oosterhout
• Aaltje Ariens van der Valk, Katwijk
• Aaltje Vermeulen, Ter Aa,, Utrecht, Nederland

• Jacoba Van Quathem (62), Ruiselede
• James Perkins Hubbard (9), Boston, Massachusetts
• Cornelis-1 Bakker (1), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• János Csapó (70), Furta, Hajdu-Bihar
• Jean Timmermans (67), Groot-Gelmen, België
• Ida Pijls (23), Beek
• Arnould François BEART (56), Amougies, Belgique
• Bastiaan Gerritsz BILKES (1)
• Carolus Tagon (0), Ruiselede, WVL, B
• Charles Aloïs Maelcamp (70)

• 1739 » Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician († 1791)
• 1758 » Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer († 1840)
• 1786 » Stevenson Archer, American judge and politician († 1848)
• 1788 » Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor († 1867)
• 1793 » Maria James, Welsh-born American poet, domestic servant († 1868)
• 1803 » Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist († 1885)
• 1814 » Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop († 1888)
• 1815 » Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Italian-French politician († 1881)
• 1821 » George Williams, English philanthropist, founded the YMCA († 1905)
• 1835 » Theodore Thomas, American conductor, founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra († 1905)

• 1698 » William Molyneux, Irish philosopher and writer (b. 1656)
• 1705 » Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
• 1708 » Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)
• 1721 » Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (b. 1636)
• 1725 » Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
• 1779 » Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
• 1821 » John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
• 1837 » Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)
• 1852 » Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)

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)
• February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
• March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
• 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.
• September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
• September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
• November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.

The temperature on October 11, 1789 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.