About the day » Sunday October 18, 1789Calender converter

• Albertus Mojel (moijel, mosel)), Delft († 1845)
• Alida Geertruyda Kolff († 1831)
• Albertien Hendricks, Gieten AA en Hunze Drenthe Nederland
• Alida Geertruya Kolff, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL († 1831)
• Adrianus Paans, Gemeente Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1861)
• Aletta Dis van, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1789)
• Aaldert Egges, Anloo
• Albert Harms (Stoffers) Schonewille, Hoogeveen († 1852)
• Albert Harms Stoffers, Hoogeveen
• Albert Jan Wuestman, Laren, Gelderland, Nederland († 1873)

• Frerik (Frederik) Cornelissen van Honkhorst, Ede
• Jantje Hendriks (31), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Johannes Boshof (54), Wingeshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Eeuwit Isaacse Tanis (60), Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Jenneke Pruijssen (49), Almkerk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Guilielmus Mariën (80), Berlaar, België
• Jan Schutte (33), Amsterdam, Heiligewegs-en Leidsche Kerkhof
• Bregjen MICHIELS (34), Thesinge, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• Maria Catharina Beutler (79)
• eeuwit TANIS (59)

• 1741 » Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French general and author († 1803)
• 1777 » Heinrich von Kleist, German author and poet († 1811)
• 1785 » Thomas Love Peacock, English author and poet († 1866)
• 1792 » Lucas Alamán, Mexican politician and historian († 1853)
• 1804 » Mongkut, Thai king († 1868)
• 1822 » Midhat Pasha, Ottoman civil servant and politician, 238th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire († 1883)
• 1831 » Frederick III, German Emperor († 1888)
• 1836 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz († 1911)
• 1850 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic († 1935)
• 1854 » Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer († 1911)

• 1739 » António José da Silva, Brazilian-Portuguese playwright (b. 1705)
• 1744 » Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (b. 1660)
• 1770 » John Manners, Marquess of Granby, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (b. 1721)
• 1775 » Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1715)
• 1817 » Etienne Nicolas Méhul, French pianist and composer (b. 1763)
• 1865 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1784)
• 1871 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the mechanical computer (b. 1791)
• 1876 » Francis Preston Blair, American journalist (b. 1791)
• 1886 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist (b. 1796)
• 1889 » Antonio Meucci, Italian-American engineer (b. 1808)

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 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.
• July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
• September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
• September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
• October 2 » The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
• 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 18, 1789 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.