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• Adrianus van 't Klooster, Soest
• Aaltje Jans Salij, Barendrecht († 1819)
• Abraham Douw, Bruinisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alphonse Adrien de Goulaine († 1845)
• Andreas (Andries) Doeswijk, Rijpwetering, Nederland († 1847)
• Anje Derks Roelfsema, Noordbroek († 1870)
• Aaltje Salij, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Adams, Heerde
• Alexis Huart, Sivry, Hainaut, Belgique († 1864)
• Abraham Egberink, Hengelo

• Egidius TRUYMAN (79), Melsele
• george Falconar (76), Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Baron. Christiaan Hendrik Willem Ernst van Balveren (41), Venlo (Limburg)
• Egidius Thoen (84), Sint-Niklaas (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
• Anna Sophia ALBERS (84), Hannover,,DEUTSCHLAND,Großefehn,Aurich,Preußen
• Eberhard Südmeier (69), Hartum (D)
• Bernardus de Causmaecker (68), Bassevelde, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• geertruij ariensdr van RHOON (58)
• "Christiaan Willem" Hendrik Ernst van Balveren (41), Venlo, Pays-Bas
• Catharina Schijf, Breukelen

• 1769 » James Scarlett Abinger, English judge († 1844)
• 1780 » Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, German chemist, invented the Döbereiner's lamp († 1849)
• 1784 » Archduke Louis of Austria († 1864)
• 1797 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist, poet, and critic († 1856)
• 1804 » Joseph Howe, Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Premier of Nova Scotia († 1873)
• 1814 » Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse and philanthropist († 1880)
• 1816 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded Siemens († 1892)
• 1818 » Mary Todd Lincoln, 16th First Lady of the United States († 1882)
• 1830 » Mathilde Fibiger, Danish feminist, novelist and telegraphist († 1892)
• 1836 » Franz von Lenbach, German painter and academic († 1904)

• 1721 » Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor (b. 1676)
• 1729 » Anthony Collins, English philosopher and author (b. 1676)
• 1754 » Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan (b. 1696)
• 1758 » Noël Doiron, Canadian Acadia leader (b. 1684)
• 1769 » Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and hymn-writer (b. 1715)
• 1783 » Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer and demographer (b. 1717)
• 1784 » Samuel Johnson, English poet and lexicographer (b. 1709)
• 1814 » Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Belgian-Austrian field marshal (b. 1735)
• 1837 » Herman of Alaska, Russian missionary and saint (b. 1756)
• 1849 » Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, German botanist and entomologist (b. 1766)

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 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
• July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
• August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
• August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
• September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
• October 6 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.

The temperature on December 13, 1789 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken.