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• Anthony van Ede, Voorthuizen († 1850)
• Anna Schut, Leeuwarden († 1829)
• Antoni van Ede, Voorthuizen († 1846)
• Anna van de Goor, Sevenum († 1864)
• Arij Pietersz. Santvliet, Veur
• Anne Van der Burgt († 1853)
• ANTHONIE VAN EDE, Voorthuizen († 1846)
• Anna van den Goor, Sevenum, Horst, Limburg, Niederlande († 1864)
• Alexander Elisa Staal, Zwolle,Gemeente Zwolle,Overijssel,Netherlands († 1865)
• Antonia de Goeij, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Catharina Jossine Cornelis (39), Zeveneken
• Godefridus Quix (35), Limbricht
• Anna Margarita Wilhelmus, Maastricht
• Anna Elsnerus (50), Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Agie Casembroot (80), Heemskerk
• Arentje van Duijvenbode (72), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jansz OUWENS (29), Ridderkerk
• Claas Quirijnsz de Leeuw (48), BerkelRodenrijs
• "Theodorus" Dirk Dirk (49), Delft, NL
• Agata Pieters Casembroot (80), Heemskerk, Nederland

• 1715 » Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist († 1739)
• 1752 » Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist († 1840)
• 1797 » José Mariano Salas, Mexican general and politician († 1867)
• 1811 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician († 1893)
• 1852 » Charles W. Fairbanks, American journalist and politician, 26th United States Vice President († 1918)
• 1854 » Jack Blackham, Australian cricketer († 1932)
• 1869 » Archibald Warden, English tennis player († 1943)
• 1871 » Frank Schlesinger, American astronomer and author († 1943)
• 1875 » Harriet Quimby, American pilot and screenwriter († 1912)
• 1881 » Al Cabrera, Spanish-Cuban baseball player and manager († 1964)

• 1686 » Otto von Guericke, German physicist and politician (b. 1602)
• 1778 » William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1708)
• 1779 » John Hart, American lawyer and politician (b. 1711)
• 1812 » Spencer Perceval, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1762)
• 1848 » Tom Cribb, English boxer (b. 1781)
• 1849 » Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (b. 1777)
• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)

• 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)
• May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
• July 9 » In Versailles, the National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly and begins preparations for a French constitution.
• August 4 » France: Members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
• September 15 » The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
• 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.
• November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.

The temperature on May 11, 1789 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.