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• Aafje Bakker, Hauwert, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Munters, Oude Tonge († 1866)
• Adrianus van Krieken, Boxtel († 1853)
• Adriana Potters, Roosendaal
• Berendina Wevers, Bredevoort, province of Gelderland († 1850)
• Alida Berends, Enter (gem Wierden), Overijssel, Nederland NL († 1855)
• Kuijer, Dwingeloo, Westerveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 1830)
• Alida Berends, Enter (Gem. Wierden), Overijssel, Nederland († 1855)
• Christian Carl Ludewig Stofft, Amsterdam
• Catharina Arnoldina Mom, Batavia, Indonesië († 1813)

• Grietje Gerritsdr Roggedroger, Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Surendonk (63), Haarlem
• Jeanne RIPENEL (63), Sainte-Urielle, 22250, France
• Jeanne Catherine RIVALIN (72), Notre-Dame-de-Monts, 85690, France
• Helena Maria Cornelia Verbunt (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johan George Gilbert (57), Colebrookdale, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Christian Forbes (84)
• Elisabeth Geluyckens (78), Sint-Katelijne-Waver, 2860, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Johan Adam Kaader, Hoek
• Anna Theresia Verdonck (0), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 1751 » Clemens Maria Hofbauer, Austrian priest, missionary, and saint († 1820)
• 1751 » Lord George Gordon, English lieutenant and politician († 1793)
• 1769 » Ernst Moritz Arndt, German writer and poet († 1860)
• 1780 » Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author († 1872)
• 1782 » Philaret Drozdov, Russian metropolitan and saint († 1867)
• 1785 » Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Belgian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Belgium († 1871)
• 1791 » Charles Babbage, English mathematician and engineer, invented the Difference engine († 1871)
• 1803 » Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author († 1882)
• 1819 » E. D. E. N. Southworth, American author and educator († 1899)
• 1820 » Dion Boucicault, Irish actor and playwright († 1890)

• 1731 » Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)
• 1771 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (b. 1715)
• 1780 » John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)
• 1784 » Seth Warner, American colonel (b. 1743)
• 1786 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (b. 1713)
• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)

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)
• 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 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
• April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
• June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
• July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
• July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).

The temperature on December 26, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.