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• Catharina Jansen, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Hehemann, Hagen-Gellenbeck, Fürstbistum Osnabrück († 1850)
• Antonius Berntzen, Didam († 1793)
• Christina Remaarden van, Lienden
• Charlotte Wilhelmine von Brandenstein († 1854)
• Catharina Maria (Catherina) Hehemann, Gellenbeck, Deutschland († 1850)
• Barbara Rasor Miller, Elizabethville, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States († 1862)
• Catharina van Erp, Sint-Oedenrode,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland († 1861)
• Anna Maria Claessens, Stabroek (B) († 1863)
• Ann Metcalf **, Maccan, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1867)

• Arijaan Pietersz. Langeberg (8)
• Ann HUBBARD (52), Caroline County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Becx (73), Helmond
• Anna Hubbard ** (51), Midway, Caroline, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Daniel Stenger (0), Sassenhausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Borgmann (0), Krüssel, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Carsten Koester (1), Neumunster, 24534, Germany
• Barend Willem Bekker (6), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Helena SPAEPEN (79), Lille, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Annika SVENSDOTTER (84), Solberga

• 1756 » Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria († 1825)
• 1774 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy († 1857)
• 1794 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist († 1877)
• 1814 » John Rudolph Niernsee, Viennese-born American architect (d.1885)
• 1815 » Henry Parkes, English-Australian politician, 7th Premier of New South Wales († 1896)
• 1818 » Amelia Bloomer, American journalist and activist († 1894)
• 1819 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter († 1910)
• 1827 » Samuel F. Miller, American lawyer and politician († 1892)
• 1832 » Zenas Ferry Moody, American surveyor and politician, 7th Governor of Oregon († 1917)
• 1836 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier († 1892)

• 1675 » Gaspard Dughet, Italian-French painter (b. 1613)
• 1690 » Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1626)
• 1702 » Dominique Bouhours, French priest and critic (b. 1628)
• 1707 » Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)
• 1781 » Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1716)
• 1797 » François-Noël Babeuf, French journalist (b. 1760)
• 1831 » Jedediah Smith, American hunter, explorer, and author (b. 1799)
• 1840 » Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1782)
• 1867 » Thomas Bulfinch American mythologist (b. 1796)
• 1896 » Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)

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. John

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)
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 May 27, 1789 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.