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• Catharina VINDEVOGEL, Ouwegem,9750,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1825)
• Anna Mechtildis Habets, Schinnen († 1791)
• Anna Cecilia Van Landeghem, Tielrode
• Aukje Tiemens Tromp, Hollum, Ameland, Friesland, Nederland († 1867)
• Akke Hettes Grijpstra, Hommerts, Wijmbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Duijvesteijn
• Aukje Hettes (Akke) Grijpstra, Hommerts, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1876)
• Anna Margarita Ruselaers, Jabeek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Carolus Anselmus Windscheid, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 1864)
• Benjamin Brown, Stonington, New London County, CT († 1790)

• Charlotte Adelaide Stuart , Duchess of Albany, AKA Charlotte de Johnstone Douglas 1753-1789 (36), Palace of Prince Giovanni Lambertini, St Blaise, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy
• Catharina Lambrechts (56), Wuustwezel
• Arnold Wilhelm Sandmann, Beckhusen
• Catherine Reizier (55), Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland
• Dirkje van Willigen (3), Waddinxveen
• Arnold Wilhelm Sandmann (70), Beckhusen, Duitsland
• Elizabeth Branch (82), Goochland County, Virginia, United States
• Elisabeth Dirksdr. Vos (47), Sprang-Capelle
• Henrica Willems Bouwmeester (59), Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Wijpkes, Zuidbroek

• 1749 » Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning († 1841)
• 1753 » Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American pastor and botanist († 1815)
• 1755 » Louis XVIII, king of France († 1824)
• 1765 » Jacques MacDonald, French general († 1840)
• 1769 » Charlotte Georgine, duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz († 1818)
• 1790 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer († 1868)
• 1793 » Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter, historian, and academic († 1865)
• 1816 » August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer and historian († 1876)
• 1827 » Petko Slaveykov, Bulgarian journalist and poet († 1895)
• 1835 » Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio († 1915)

• 1713 » Abraham van Riebeeck, South African-Indonesian merchant and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653)
• 1747 » Alain-René Lesage, French author and playwright (b. 1668)
• 1768 » Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1693)
• 1776 » James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1710)
• 1780 » Bernardo Bellotto, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1720)
• 1796 » Catherine the Great, of Russia (b. 1729)
• 1808 » David Zeisberger, Czech-American pastor and missionary (b. 1721)
• 1812 » John Walter, English Insurance underwriter and founder of The Times newspaper (b. 1738/1739)
• 1818 » Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1744)
• 1835 » Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (b. 1758)

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 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
• July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
• September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.

The temperature on November 17, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south by east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.