About the day » Tuesday December 29, 1789Calender converter

• "Pieter" Cornelisz Stuij, Wijngaarden († 1873)
• Antje Geeles Terpstra, ,, Harlingen, Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1829)
• Adelheid Agathe Maria van Baerle, Geldern,D († 1858)
• Abraham Cassel BEAN († 1868)
• Ann Greth Marie Matthews, Parchow (Biendorf), Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Ksp. Westenbrügge
• Catherine Temple, Frederick, Maryland, Verenigde Staten († 1874)
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Ottens, Altharen
• Eelkjen Klazes Zijlstra, Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Manders, Deurne († 1841)
• Adrienne van Maas, baardwijk-waalwijk († 1840)

• Gerrit Bastiaanse GOUKA (65), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Guurtje Jaspers Al (56), Assendelft,North Holland,Netherlands
• Barbe BOUILLÉ (62), Molesme (89 Yonne), France
• Antje Gerrits Deij (78), Oudeschild (Texel, NH)
• CATHARINA WILHELMINA VAN LEEUWEN (1), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Gijsbert Koopmanschap (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Elisabeth Hillnhütter (14), Birkelbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Everdina Margaretha Rietberg (56), Zwolle
• Dirk OVERMEER (0), Zoeterwoude
• Elisabeth Sassmannshausen (56), Erndtebrück, Kreis Wittgenstein

• 1746 » Saverio Cassar, Maltese priest and rebel leader († 1805)
• 1766 » Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and the inventor of waterproof fabric († 1843)
• 1796 » Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist († 1877)
• 1800 » Charles Goodyear, American chemist and engineer († 1860)
• 1808 » Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States († 1875)
• 1809 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1898)
• 1816 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist († 1895)
• 1844 » Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee, Indian barrister and was the first president of Indian National Congress. († 1906)
• 1855 » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet († 1927)
• 1856 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic († 1894)

• 1689 » Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author (b. 1624)
• 1720 » Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and educator (b. 1670)
• 1731 » Brook Taylor, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1685)
• 1737 » Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
• 1785 » Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
• 1807 » Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo, Portuguese diplomat and scientist (b. 1750)
• 1815 » Sarah Baartman, Khoikhoi woman (b. 1789)
• 1825 » Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)
• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)

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 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.
• July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
• July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
• August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
• September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
• December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

The temperature on December 29, 1789 was about 9.0 °C. There was 26 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.