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• Anna Maria Pieper, Baccum, Duitsland († 1791)
• Andrei Michaelovitsj Fadeyev († 1867)
• Anna van der Wilk, Wateringen
• Augustinus Upmeijer, Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland († 1857)
• Dithmar Huijsman, Harderwijk
• Antonie Domselaar, Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1861)
• Augustinus Christoffers Upmeijer, Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland († 1857)
• Antonie van Domselaar, Woudenberg († 1861)
• , Koolskamp († 1856)
• Ana Camargo, São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brasil

• Catherine Dely (36), Haccourt (Liege, B)
• Ewout Pietersz van Luijk (91), sint anthoniepolder (zuid holland)
• Hendrik Jacobsz. van der Kleij (10), Wassenaar aangifte
• Hendrik Gerrits Beukman (47), Zwartsluis
• Hendrik Gerrits Beukman, Zwartsluis
• Hendrik Jacobsz van der Kleij (10), Wassenaar
• Johanna Wellen (68), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Henricus Krijger, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Johanna van der Weijden (34), Bleiswijk
• Aafje Willemsdr Ekerschott (44), Zwammerdam

• 1741 » Gottfried August Bürger, German poet and academic († 1794)
• 1763 » Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral († 1806)
• 1776 » Johann Spurzheim, German-American physician and phrenologist († 1832)
• 1798 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian physician, philologist, and academic († 1850)
• 1805 » Marie d'Agoult, German-French historian and author († 1876)
• 1815 » George Meade, American general and engineer († 1872)
• 1830 » Alexander Smith, Scottish poet and critic († 1867)
• 1830 » Isma'il Pasha, Egyptian ruler († 1895)
• 1833 » Hugh Nelson Scottish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of Queensland († 1906)
• 1834 » Queen Kapiolani of Hawaii († 1899)

• 1705 » Catherine of Braganza (b. 1638)
• 1719 » John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (b. 1646)
• 1730 » Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet (b. 1651)
• 1742 » Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (b. 1661)
• 1775 » Richard Montgomery, American general (b. 1738)
• 1799 » Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and author (b. 1723)
• 1818 » Jean-Pierre Duport, French cellist (b. 1741)
• 1872 » Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)
• 1876 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)
• 1877 » Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)

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. John

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 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
• 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.
• 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 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
• September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
• October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

The temperature on December 31, 1789 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.