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• Annigje Van Bemmel, Jutphaas, Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Nederland
• ADRIAAN INGELSE, Kleverskerke († 1832)
• Arien Hogenes, IJsselstein
• Annigje van Bemmel, Jutphaas
• Anne Klazes Terpstra, Jelsum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1860)
• Anna Catharina Rutten, Zepperen, België († 1869)
• Adrian Reid Tucker, Saint Ann, Jamaica
• Anna Maria Demmers, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Braat, Rucphen († 1856)
• Annetje Schaasbergen, Monnickendam

• Hezekiah Sanders (54), North Carolina
• Isabella Boreel van Haersma (25), Leeuwarden
• Isabella Boreel van Haersma (25), Leeuwarden,Gemeente Leeuwarden,Friesland,Netherlands
• Jacobus Vanbrabant (65), Pittem
• Edward Antill (47), St Johns, Quebec Province
• Letitia LETTICE Neville - Helm (48), Berryville, Frederick, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Isabella Jacobs (Boreel Van) Haersma (25), Leeuwarden
• Joannes Baptista D'Artois (72), Lendelede, WVL, B
• Anna Barbara Beckers (21), Heugem
• Fransiscus Lambertus Houwing (2), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1756 » William Babington, Irish-born, English physician and mineralogist († 1833)
• 1763 » Joseph Fouché, French lawyer and politician († 1820)
• 1775 » Lucien Bonaparte, French soldier and politician († 1840)
• 1780 » Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, philanthropist and Quaker († 1845)
• 1790 » William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Lord Chamberlain of the Household († 1858)
• 1792 » Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician and engineer († 1843)
• 1799 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist († 1847)
• 1801 » Princess Sophie of Sweden, Swedish princess († 1865)
• 1806 » Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland, English duchess († 1868)
• 1808 » David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo, Dutch Talmudist († 1890)

• 1719 » Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (b. 1646)
• 1724 » Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 1742 » Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (b. 1664)
• 1762 » Alexander Joseph Sulkowski, Polish and Saxon general (b. 1695)
• 1771 » Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (b. 1722)
• 1786 » Carl Wilhelm Scheele, German-Swedish chemist and pharmacist (b. 1742)
• 1790 » Thomas Warton, English poet and critic (b. 1728)
• 1810 » Chevalier d'Eon, French diplomat and spy (b. 1728)
• 1844 » Giuseppe Baini, Italian priest and composer (b. 1775)
• 1858 » José de la Riva Agüero, Peruvian soldier and politician, 1st President of Peru and 2nd President of North Peru (b. 1783)

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)
• January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
• March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
• April 1 » In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
• 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.
• July 11 » Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
• 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.

The temperature on May 21, 1789 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken windstil.