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• 1739 » Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton, Scottish composer and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ayrshire († 1819)
• 1742 » Richard Cosway, English painter († 1821)
• 1789 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician († 1868)
• 1818 » Benjamin Butler, American general, lawyer, and politician, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts († 1893)
• 1835 » Moritz Szeps, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist and publisher († 1902)
• 1846 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross († 1869)
• 1850 » Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet († 1919)
• 1851 » Charles Dupuy, French academic and politician, 60th Prime Minister of France († 1923)
• 1854 » Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian journalist and businessman, co-founded Desjardins Group († 1920)
• 1854 » Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1941)

• 1660 » Alexandre de Rhodes, French missionary and lexicographer (b. 1591)
• 1660 » Lucy Hay, Countess of Carlisle (b. 1599)
• 1701 » Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, French-English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (b. 1659)
• 1714 » Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician and academic (b. 1633)
• 1752 » Carl Andreas Duker, German scholar and jurist (b. 1670)
• 1758 » Hans Egede, Norwegian-Danish bishop and missionary (b. 1686)
• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)

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. John

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Catharina
6. Trijntje
7. Marie
8. Joanna
9. Elisabeth
10. Neeltje
11. Grietje
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)
• 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 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.
• June 14 » Mutiny on the Bounty: HMSBounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400km (4,600mi) journey in an open boat.
• 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.
• September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.

The temperature on November 5, 1789 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.