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• Bernardus Weienborg, Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1819)
• antonius[antonij] stads, goirle († 1791)
• Bernardus Vedder, Huissen († 1789)
• Charles Amédée vicomte de la Motte Ango, Hémevez, Manche, Normandie, France († 1857)
• Barent STRUIKMAN, Warnsveld, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1792)
• Catharina van Os, Ijsselstein († 1862)
• Anna Catharina Zack, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1823)
• Bartha Maria Sophia Veerman Senserff, 's-Gravenhage († 1858)
• Albartus Nijman, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aafje Hannes Haxe, Giethoorn († 1865)

• Jacomyna van Duren, Deurne-Liessel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Elisabeth Brasen (35), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dieuwertje Klaasd Huijsman (0), Haringhuijsen
• Christina Elizabeth Bracé, amsterdam (noord holland)
• Aris van Holland (0), Oosterbeek
• François "Ambroise Emmanuel" de Partz (85), Équirre, Pas-de-Calais, France
• Catharina de Clercq (64), Ekeren (B)
• Judocus De Bleecker (73), Sint-Maria-Oudenhove,9660,Oost-Vlaanderen,BE
• Aaltje de Jonge (1), Zwartsluis (Overijssel)
• Cornelia Roepers (0), Zevenbergen

• 1742 » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist († 1786)
• 1745 » Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer († 1818)
• 1748 » Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic († 1822)
• 1752 » Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer († 1813)
• 1779 » Tabitha Babbitt, American tool maker and inventor († 1853)
• 1787 » John Dobson, English architect, designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower († 1865)
• 1806 » Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician († 1838)
• 1813 » Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist († 1885)
• 1837 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor († 1915)
• 1842 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher († 1921)

• 1674 » Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, English historian and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1609)
• 1706 » Peter II of Portugal (b. 1648)
• 1718 » Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk and cartographer (b. 1650)
• 1761 » Tarabai, Queen of Chatrapati Rajaram (b. 1675)
• 1793 » Yolande de Polastron, French-Austrian educator (b. 1749)
• 1798 » Johann Reinhold Forster, German pastor, botanist, and ornithologist (b. 1729)
• 1830 » Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist, and academic (b. 1757)
• 1854 » Almeida Garrett, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1799)
• 1858 » Robert Baldwin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada West (b. 1804)
• 1887 » Mahmadu Lamine, Senegalese religious leader

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)
• January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
• 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 15 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
• August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
• September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
• October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.

The temperature on December 9, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken.