About the day » Tuesday February 17, 1789Calender converter

• Dorothea Mulder, Wassenaar († 1856)
• Aaltje Reijns Bouw, Nunspeet († 1864)
• Anna Maria Jansen, Düsseldorf, Kalkum, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Adriana Peeters, Meer, Belgium († 1870)
• Dorothea Jans Mulder, Wassenaar († 1856)
• Adriana PEETERS, Meer, 13020, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1870)
• Cornelis Aarse, Zaandam
• Anna Theresia ( Leyse ) Heyse, Ettelgem († 1859)
• Adriana Joachim PEETERS, Meer,Antwerpen,BELGIE
• Cornelis Dirkszn. Boon, Giessendam Peursum

• Gerrit van Domselaar (1), Nijkerk, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gerrits Smant
• Cornelius Van Walle (0), Bornem (Antwerpen, België)
• Jan Cornelisz Spruit, Berkhout
• Jacobus Timmermans (61), Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Berent (Berent Geerts) Geerts (Breider) (76)
• Jan Jansz van der Hel (80), benschop (utrecht)
• Dirk Schavemaker (0), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Benedict Rohrer, Middelburg
• Jannetje Fockes Post, Urk

• 1752 » Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright († 1831)
• 1754 » Nicolas Baudin, French cartographer and explorer († 1803)
• 1758 » John Pinkerton, Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian († 1826)
• 1781 » René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope († 1826)
• 1796 » Philipp Franz von Siebold, German physician and botanist († 1866)
• 1817 » Édouard Thilges, Luxembourgian jurist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1904)
• 1820 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer († 1881)
• 1821 » Lola Montez, Irish-American actress and dancer († 1861)
• 1832 » Richard Henry Park, American sculptor († 1902)
• 1836 » Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish author, poet, and playwright († 1870)

• 1680 » Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (b. 1599)
• 1715 » Antoine Galland, French orientalist and archaeologist (b. 1646)
• 1732 » Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (b. 1669)
• 1768 » Arthur Onslow, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1691)
• 1841 » Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1770)
• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)

• 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.
• April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
• April 21 » George Washington's reception at Trenton is hosted by the Ladies of Trenton as he journeys to New York City for his first inauguration.
• 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 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of 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 February 17, 1789 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen winderig.