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• Alexander Mathieson, Oyne, Aberdeenshire († 1870)
• Aaltje Hendriks Tiesema, Hardegarijp († 1833)
• Anna Linck († 1851)
• Waterschoot, Waasmunster (België) († 1789)
• "Johan Friederich" Johannes Johannes, Nijmegen, NL († 1866)
• Adrianus Koert, oude tonge (goeree overflakkee) († 1840)
• Adrianus van DRIEL, Ridderkerk († 1846)
• Adriana Lock, Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1855)
• Aaltjen Claassen Mol, Kampen
• Lambertus van Griffen, Groningen († 1850)

• François Joseph HENNER (77), Bernwiller, 68, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France
• Elisabetha MELSKENS (61), Luyksgestel, 3952, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jean Baptiste Joseph MAGON (0), Le Theil-de-Bretagne, 35240, France
• Anna Sophie Elisabeth Röttger (0)
• andré jh. ALLARD (72), Taintignies (Belgium)
• Aafje Pieters Keuris (1), Zijpe
• Dirk Hendriksz SNIJDERS (2)
• Jean Léonard (Johann Leonhard) BODARWE (0), Faymonville-Waimes, Province de Liège, Belgique
• François Norbert van Aken (43), Gand en la paroisse St Michel
• JEAN - BAPTISTE - FRANCOIS ODOUX (72), Mouscron, 7700, Hainaut, Belgique

• 1746 » André Michaux, French botanist and explorer († 1802)
• 1748 » William V, Prince of Orange († 1806)
• 1761 » Jan Potocki, Polish ethnologist, historian, linguist, and author († 1815)
• 1799 » Simon Cameron, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Secretary of War († 1889)
• 1804 » Alvan Clark, American astronomer and optician († 1887)
• 1822 » Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp († 1882)
• 1826 » Johann Köler, Estonian painter and academic († 1899)
• 1827 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist († 1875)
• 1830 » João de Deus, Portuguese poet and educator († 1896)
• 1839 » Josephine Cochrane, American inventor († 1913)

• 1702 » William III of England (b. 1650)
• 1717 » Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (b. 1678)
• 1723 » Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St. Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
• 1731 » Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1688)
• 1771 » Louis August le Clerc, French-Danish sculptor and academic (b. 1688)
• 1819 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1844 » Charles XIV John of Sweden (b. 1763)
• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)

• 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)
• June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
• 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.
• August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
• August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
• September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
• September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.

The temperature on March 8, 1789 was about -4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent betrokken sneeuw.