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• Andrew Whitesell II, Ontario, Canada († 1862)
• Adrianus Janssenswillen, Overpelt († 1854)
• Catherine Baselice Marie BLANCH, Torreilles,66440,Pyrénées-Orientales,LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON,FRANCE
• Ana de Oliveira Salazar, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil († 1885)
• Adriana van Delft, Hedikhuizen († 1845)
• Albertus ter Haar, Almelo, 7601, Nederland († 1857)
• Adriana van Straten, Oirschot (B.V.)
• Coleta Francisca Huyghe, Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1847)
• catherine jh. CROMBEZ, Dour (Belgium)
• Cornelia Fikkert

• Elisabeth Gerdes
• Berend Jacobs (62), Doornspijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Alexander 1690 Grant DNA996 (99), Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• François DEPAUW, Assenede, 9960, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Catharina Margaretha Osterloh (25), Emstek
• François Petit, Méasnes, 23130, France
• Barbara Herens (43), Wezembeek Oppem, 1970, België
• Henrik Otten van den Broek, Woudenberg
• Dersken Heusinkveld (79), Dinxperlo-Nederland
• George Gilbert (57), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten

• 1746 » Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma († 1806)
• 1770 » Anton Reicha, Bohemian composer and flautist († 1836)
• 1777 » Matija Nenadović, Serbian priest, historian, and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Serbia († 1854)
• 1786 » François Arago, French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France († 1853)
• 1799 » Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer († 1864)
• 1802 » Victor Hugo, French author, poet, and playwright († 1885)
• 1808 » Honoré Daumier, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor († 1879)
• 1808 » Nathan Kelley, American architect, designed the Ohio Statehouse († 1871)
• 1829 » Levi Strauss, German-American fashion designer, founded Levi Strauss & Co. († 1902)
• 1842 » Camille Flammarion, French astronomer and author († 1925)

• 1723 » Thomas d'Urfey, English poet and playwright (b. 1653)
• 1726 » Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)
• 1770 » Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1692)
• 1790 » Joshua Rowley, English admiral (b. 1730)
• 1802 » Esek Hopkins, American admiral (b. 1718)
• 1806 » Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Haitian-French general (b. 1762)
• 1813 » Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs (b. 1746)
• 1815 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1737)
• 1821 » Joseph de Maistre, French lawyer and diplomat (b. 1753)
• 1864 » Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian jurist and politician, 3rd Premier of Canada East (b. 1807)

• 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.).
• February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
• July 10 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
• August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
• September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
• October 5 » French Revolution: The Women's March on Versailles effectively terminates royal authority.

The temperature on February 26, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: windstil zeer half bewolkt.