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• Antje Gjalts Elzenbos († 1858)
• Anna Catharina HEPS, Lubbeek,3210,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Adrianus Beyers, Wuustwezel († 1880)
• Andries van Gelder, Tiel († 1846)
• Beatrice Meresse, Troisvilles (F)
• Andreas Van Vlerken, Lommel († 1865)
• Antonius De Laet, Viersel, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1853)
• Antoni burghard de Vent, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Maria Monincx (Moon), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1863)
• Arnoldus Chambone, Heusden († 1866)

• Catharina Peter Renier de Beer (64), Tilburg
• Guilelmus franciscus Waterschoot (70), Zele (België)
• Bartjen Jans (50), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Gerdt Kaper (70), Wiefelstede
• Bartje Jans (50), Putten
• Cornelia Eestermans (0), Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Ann Bligh, Terhagen, Rumst, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Benjamin Kips (43), Amsterdam
• Etienne BILLAULT (55), Sublaines, 37310, France
• Anna Bligh (70)

• 1726 » Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter († 1766)
• 1741 » Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic († 1825)
• 1758 » Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer († 1826)
• 1796 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (baptism date; d. 1874)
• 1802 » Louisa Jane Hall, American poet, essayist, and literary critic († 1892)
• 1804 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company († 1886)
• 1812 » Charles Dickens, English novelist and critic († 1870)
• 1825 » Karl Möbius, German zoologist and ecologist († 1908)
• 1834 » Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe, French architect († 1895)
• 1837 » James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist († 1915)

• 1736 » Stephen Gray, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1666)
• 1779 » William Boyce, English organist and composer (b. 1711)
• 1799 » Qianlong Emperor of China (b. 1711)
• 1801 » Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (b. 1726)
• 1819 » August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and author (b. 1737)
• 1823 » Ann Radcliffe, English author (b. 1764)
• 1837 » Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)
• 1849 » Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) (b. 1797)
• 1862 » Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1787)
• 1864 » Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (b. 1787)

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)
• April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
• July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
• July 14 » Alexander Mackenzie finally completes his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turns out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America.
• July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
• September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.
• September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.

The temperature on February 7, 1789 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: windstil omtrent betrokken.