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• Catherina Elisabeth Smit, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1862)
• Adriaan Alewijnse, Grijpskerke († 1852)
• Anna Catharina Hessmar, Ohle, Plettenberg, NRW
• Agnete Wilhelmsdatter Lifland, Frederiksberg, Kobenhavn († 1873)
• Anna Theresia Coleta De Koninck, Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Antonius van Geene, Wamel († 1794)
• Cornelis Maliepaard, Fijnaart en Heijningen († 1864)
• Albertus Franciscus Caron, Brugge († 1854)
• Adrianus van den Oever, Schiedam, RK kerk († 1801)
• Antonia Longepee, Pieterskerk, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Annigje Foppe Smit (35), Alblasserdam, Nederland
• Adriaen van Hofwegen (68), Dussen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Eugène Albert baron de Wal (76), Tassigny
• Annigje Fopsd Smit (35), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
• Cornelis Bakker (8), Heiloo
• Adrianus Adrianuszn. Groenendaal, Schijndel
• Adrianus Adrianusz van Groenendaal (70), Schijndel, NL
• Adrianus Adrianusz Groenendaal (70), Schijndel
• Catharina Elisabeth Van Beresteyn (63), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Etienne DURAND (55), La Bastide Pradines, Aveyron (12), Midi Pyrénées, FRANCE

• 1771 » Nicolas Chopin, French-Polish educator († 1844)
• 1772 » Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French biologist and zoologist († 1844)
• 1793 » Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, German astronomer and academic († 1864)
• 1795 » Maria Schicklgruber, mother of Alois Hitler and the paternal grandmother of Adolf Hitler (d.1847)
• 1800 » James Clark Ross, English captain and explorer († 1862)
• 1808 » William Champ, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Tasmania († 1892)
• 1809 » Hermann Grassmann, German linguist and mathematician († 1877)
• 1817 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania († 1885)
• 1828 » Jean Danjou, French captain († 1863)
• 1832 » Wilhelm Busch, German poet, painter, and illustrator († 1908)

• 1719 » Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, French wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1635)
• 1754 » Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1676)
• 1761 » Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Court of Session (b. 1682)
• 1761 » William Oldys, English historian and author (b. 1696)
• 1764 » Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (b. 1679)
• 1765 » Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian chemist and physicist (b. 1711)
• 1788 » Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (b. 1711)
• 1793 » Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian priest, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1718)
• 1854 » Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (b. 1773)
• 1861 » Sylvester Jordan, Austrian-German lawyer and politician (b. 1792)

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. Neeltje
11. Grietje
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)
• 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.
• June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
• July 10 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
• 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.
• 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 April 15, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder.