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• Johannes Adrianus Baert, Stekene (B) († 1834)
• Aalbert Harrewijn, Vlaardingen († 1842)
• Anna Vettewinkel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Pijnen, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arij de Goede († 1789)
• Cornelis van Schinkel, Velsen († 1840)
• Deborah Hoopes, Edgmont Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania († 1871)
• Carolus Bernardus DHONDT, Lissewege,8380,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Cornelis van Schinkel, Velsen († 1840)
• Dirk Zwits, Schipluiden

• Arij Pietersz STOLK (96), Ouderkerk aan den IJssel, 6201, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Stolk (55), Ouderkerk aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna (Antje) Nieuwenhuizen (38), Ter Aar, Zuid Holland
• Hendrikje Starink, Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrienne Marie De Ridder, St Lievens Houtem
• Agnes Görtz (57), Arsbeck, Duitsland
• constance jh. MEURANT (31), Blaregnies (Belgium) Hainaut
• Hermanus Kolkman (69), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Camille Alex Eleonore Maria van Albon Vorst van Yvetot (66)
• Arij Pietersz Stolk (96), Ouderkerk aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1732 » Johann Christian Kittel, German organist and composer († 1809)
• 1745 » Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, invented the battery († 1827)
• 1814 » Samuel Fenton Cary, American lawyer and politician († 1900)
• 1817 » Lewis Armistead, American general († 1863)
• 1836 » Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and yogi († 1886)
• 1838 » Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist and philosopher († 1916)
• 1846 » Wilson Barrett, English actor, playwright, and manager († 1904)
• 1848 » Louis Comfort Tiffany, American stained glass artist († 1933)
• 1849 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician († 1906)
• 1850 » George Henschel, German-English singer-songwriter, pianist, and conductor († 1934)

• 1712 » Louis, Dauphin of France, (b. 1682)
• 1743 » Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1667)
• 1748 » Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
• 1772 » Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician (b. 1712)
• 1778 » Joseph Marie Terray, French economist and politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
• 1780 » Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (b. 1714)
• 1788 » John Whitehurst, English geologist and clockmaker (b. 1713)
• 1803 » Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet and educator (b. 1719)
• 1851 » Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (b. 1804)
• 1873 » Vasil Levski, Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (b. 1837)

• 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)
• February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
• June 14 » Mutiny on the Bounty: HMSBounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400km (4,600mi) journey in an open boat.
• July 10 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
• September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
• October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
• November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.

The temperature on February 18, 1789 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder.