About the day » Tuesday May 5, 1789Calender converter

• Anna Maria van Hooijdonk, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1794)
• Adolf Melchior, Haarlem († 1838)
• Catharina Slembrouck, Woumen West-Vlaanderen, België († 1854)
• Augustinus Guillaume Franc. Nollet, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen (B) († 1817)
• Adriana Klootwijk, Sprang-Capelle († 1879)
• Alexandre Joseph baron Gendebien, Mons, Hainaut, Belgique († 1869)
• Charlotte van Bentheim-Steinfurt († 1874)
• Adriaan van Hamond, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1867)
• Arend Kosters, Peize, Drenthe, Nethelands († 1855)
• Alberta Assendorp, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland

• Dora Venderbos (48), Doetinchem
• Elisabeth Petronella Lenshoek (0)
• Henricus Demacker, Guttecoven
• Dirk Roomer (2), Rotterdam
• Guilielmus Deron (69), Putte
• Evert Ariens van Balen (42), Brakel
• Christiaan van der Meeren, Wintelre
• Christianus van der MEEREN (89), Wintelre, 4402, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Dora Venderbos (48), Doetinchem
• Bartholomeus Cuvelier (47), Oreye, Province de Liège, Walloon Region, België

• 1747 » Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor († 1792)
• 1749 » Jean-Frédéric Edelmann, French pianist and composer († 1794)
• 1764 » Robert Craufurd, Scottish general and politician († 1812)
• 1800 » Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher († 1864)
• 1813 » Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher and author († 1855)
• 1818 » Karl Marx, German philosopher, sociologist, and journalist († 1883)
• 1826 » Eugénie de Montijo, French wife of Napoleon III († 1920)
• 1830 » John Batterson Stetson, American businessman, founded the John B. Stetson Company († 1906)
• 1832 » Hubert Howe Bancroft, American ethnologist and historian († 1918)
• 1833 » Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic († 1905)

• 1705 » Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
• 1760 » Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1720)
• 1766 » Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (b. 1684)
• 1808 » Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (b. 1757)
• 1821 » Napoleon, French general and emperor (b. 1769)
• 1827 » Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
• 1833 » Sophia Campbell, English-Australian painter (b. 1777)
• 1855 » Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1786)
• 1859 » Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, German mathematician and academic (b. 1805)
• 1860 » Jean-Charles Prince, Canadian bishop (b. 1804)

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)
• 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.
• 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.
• September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• 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.
• October 3 » George Washington proclaims a Thanksgiving Day for that year.

The temperature on May 5, 1789 was about 13.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: dampig omtrent betrokken.