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• Aaltje van Rooselaar, Putten († 1826)
• Aleijda Johanna Schuurman, Zwolle, Ov, The Netherlands († 1828)
• Avarilla Durbin, Washington, Pennsylvania († 1862)
• Celestin Joseph THUILLIEZ, Fontaine-Les-Hermans, Pas-de-Calais, France († 1846)
• Antonie van den Heuvel, Geldrop († 1841)
• Bodil Marie Christensdatter, Vorgod Sogn,DK († 1846)
• Adriana Dehaen, Loenhout
• Clara Wilhelmina Cornelia van der Werff († 1837)
• Anna Elisabeth BUIKEN, Slenaken (Limburg) (NL) († 1874)
• Adriaan Geene, Kruiningen, Nederland († 1794)

• Jan Baptista Somers, Boom
• Jacobus de Ronde, Utrecht
• Kerremans, Dongen, Noord Brabant
• Franciscus van der Linden (0), Leyden
• Ida Rijnouts, Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Holst Halbes Kleinhuis (79), Grouw
• Jacobus de Ronde (de Rond) (77), Utrecht
• Holst Halbes Kleinhuis (79), Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Grietje Egberts (34), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Barta van Willigen (Van Wilgen) (1), Waddinxveen

• 1727 » Artemas Ward, American general and politician († 1800)
• 1731 » William Cowper, English poet and hymnwriter († 1800)
• 1792 » Sarah Moore Grimké, American author and activist († 1873)
• 1817 » Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Alsatian-French chemist († 1884)
• 1827 » Ellen G. White, American religious leader and author, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church († 1915)
• 1828 » René Goblet, French journalist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France († 1905)
• 1828 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic († 1895)
• 1832 » Mary Edwards Walker, American surgeon and activist, Medal of Honor recipient († 1919)
• 1832 » Rudolph Koenig, German-French physicist and academic († 1901)
• 1837 » Thomas Playford II, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of South Australia († 1915)

• 1717 » Daniel Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1664)
• 1719 » John Hudson, English librarian and scholar (b. 1662)
• 1780 » James Steuart, Scottish economist and educator (b. 1712)
• 1829 » Thomas Buck Reed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1787)
• 1836 » John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (b. 1756)
• 1851 » Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (b. 1769)
• 1855 » Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1798)
• 1857 » Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet and author (b. 1788)
• 1860 » Benjamin Greene, English brewer, founded Greene King (b. 1780)
• 1872 » Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788)

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)
• January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
• 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.
• 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 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
• August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
• September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.

The temperature on November 26, 1789 was about -5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder.