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• Anna-Maria Van Loon, Ravels († 1852)
• Berent BUIJS, Nijmegen, Gemeente Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1870)
• Annigje (Annetjen) Nahum, Epe, Gld, The Netherlands († 1850)
• Akke Sjerks Roorda
• Catrina Elisabeth van Starkenburg, Haarlem
• Annigje Nahum, Epe
• Annetjen Nahum, Epe († 1850)
• Consider Townsend, Fallstown, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States († 1861)
• Akke Sjerks (Sjierks) Roorda, Lutkewierum († 1867)
• Abraham Benner Hunsberger († 1853)

• Gerrit Ariensz. Plaisier (4), Ridderkerk
• Aagje Ruigewaard (0), Wijk aan Zee
• Anna Coeberg
• Dirkje (Mietje) 't Hoen (79), Delft
• Aagje Cornelisdr Langeveld (70)
• GERRIT PLAISIER (4), Ridderkerk
• Aagje Cornelisdr Langevelt VAN (70), Noordwijk
• Guillaume Jacques POUCHEZ (79), Pitgam... Hauts de France
• cornelis jans SPRUIT (84), krimpen aan den ijssel
• Agnes Kersten (51), Blitterswijck,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1770 » Ludwig van Beethoven, composer († 1827)
• 1775 » François-Adrien Boieldieu, French pianist and composer († 1834)
• 1775 » Jane Austen, English novelist († 1817)
• 1776 » Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher († 1810)
• 1778 » John Ordronaux, French-American soldier († 1841)
• 1787 » Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright († 1855)
• 1790 » Leopold I of Belgium († 1865)
• 1804 » Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician and academic († 1889)
• 1812 » Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales († 1867)
• 1834 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and theorist († 1910)

• 1687 » William Petty, English economist and philosopher (b. 1623)
• 1751 » Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1700)
• 1774 » François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694)
• 1783 » Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer and educator (b. 1699)
• 1783 » Sir William James, 1st Baronet, Welsh-English commander and politician (b. 1720)
• 1805 » Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (b. 1746)
• 1809 » Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)

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. 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.
• June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
• July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
• September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
• November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
• 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 December 16, 1789 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen sneeuw hagel winderig.