About the day » Sunday February 8, 1789Calender converter

• Anna Elisabeth Sanderson, Loenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1812)
• Abraham Cornelisz. Molenaar, Berkel en Rodenrijs († 1789)
• Adriana Maria Pijnenburg, Oisterwijk
• Adriaantje Ooms, Ammerstol (gem. Krimpenerwaard) († 1863)
• Abraham Wagenaar, Schoorldam († 1847)
• Anna Elisabeth Sanderson, Loenen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1812)
• Ann Veall, Goulceby, Lincolnshire, England
• Alida Angnita Schuttenhelm, Den Haag († 1866)
• Aaltjen Leenderts Stam, NG Kerk Wanneperveen
• Adrianus Maas, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Joanna COLLATIE (90), Heusden
• Barbara Wolffensperger (71), Sitterdorf, Thurgau, Switzerland
• Jeanne Françoise RENARD (61), Évregnies, 57028, Hainaut, Belgique
• Anne Marie Lether (Löther) (0), Brummen, GLD, Nederland
• Arriaantje Leendertsdr Klootwijk (0), Charlois, Nederland
• Annegijn HINDERIKS (3), Westerbroek, Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Maria Magdalena Bakkerus (21), ,,, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Belke (31), Oberkirchen
• Francisca Cornelis (82), Keerbergen, België
• Aaltjen Leenderts Stam (2)

• 1762 » Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor († 1820)
• 1764 » Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer and conductor († 1846)
• 1792 » Caroline Augusta of Bavaria († 1873)
• 1798 » Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia († 1849)
• 1807 » Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, English sculptor and zoologist († 1889)
• 1817 » Richard S. Ewell, American general († 1872)
• 1819 » John Ruskin, English author, critic, and academic († 1900)
• 1820 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general († 1891)
• 1822 » Maxime Du Camp, French photographer and journalist († 1894)
• 1825 » Henry Walter Bates, English geographer, biologist, and explorer († 1892)

• 1696 » Ivan V of Russia (b. 1666)
• 1709 » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)
• 1725 » Peter the Great, Russian emperor (b. 1672)
• 1749 » Jan van Huysum, Dutch painter (b. 1682)
• 1750 » Aaron Hill, English playwright and poet (b. 1685)
• 1768 » George Dance the Elder, English architect, designed St Leonard's and St Botolph's Aldgate (b. 1695)
• 1772 » Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (b. 1719)
• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1849 » France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (b. 1800)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)

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)
• April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
• 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 15 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
• October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
• December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

The temperature on February 8, 1789 was about 3.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.