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• Elizabeth Wyckoff, Elizabeth, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States († 1860)
• Catherine Antoinette Caluwaert, Heyst op den Berg, Belgie († 1875)
• Geertje Nagel-, Egmond-Binnen, Nederland († 1853)
• Eugenie Verstraete, Ingelmunster
• Anna Maria Wijngaerts, Hoensbroek
• Geertrui Van Gerenstijn, Renswoude (NL) († 1866)
• Cornelia Nuij, Hulhuizen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1860)
• Geertje Christoffel Nagel, Egmond Binnen († 1853)
• Elisabeth Johanna Horn, Amsterdam († 1872)
• Cornelia Bus, Steenbergen

• Jacob Claasz Ham (59), Lutjebroek, Stede Broec, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hilleke van Housselt (Houwsel) (55), Haaften, Gelderland, Nederland
• GERTRUDIS WYNCKENS (61), HELDEN
• Gertrudus WYNCKENS (61), Helden, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antonij Adriaan van Iddekinge (77), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Hilleke van Housel (van Houwsel) (55), Haaften, Nederland
• Hendrik Groentjes (2), Heemskerk
• Joanna Theresia VANHOVE, Westende, 35022, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Christianus Ubags (0), Meerssen
• Anna Maria Van Looy, Heist-op-den-Berg, België

• 1716 » Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French zoologist and mineralogist († 1800)
• 1722 » James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician († 1773)
• 1730 » Jackson of Exeter, English organist and composer († 1803)
• 1736 » Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia († 1799)
• 1780 » Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist († 1855)
• 1794 » Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer and selenographer († 1874)
• 1797 » Louise-Adéone Drölling, French painter († 1836)
• 1823 » John H. Balsley, American carpenter and inventor († 1895)
• 1860 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer († 1909)
• 1871 » Clark Voorhees, American painter († 1933)

• 1691 » Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
• 1790 » Israel Putnam, American general (b. 1718)
• 1796 » Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish general and politician (b. 1720)
• 1814 » Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (b. 1763)
• 1829 » Humphry Davy, English-Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1778)
• 1847 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general (b. 1766)
• 1862 » Franz Mirecki, Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher (b. 1791)
• 1866 » Winfield Scott, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1786)
• 1873 » Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)

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)
• February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
• April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
• May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
• September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
• September 26 » George Washington appoints Thomas Jefferson the first United States Secretary of State.

The temperature on May 29, 1789 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.