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• Aleida Jansen, Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1865)
• Carel Mathias Schawien, Amsterdam († 1827)
• Anna Maria MARANT, Wilsele († 1857)
• Antoine van den Heuvel, Amsterdam († 1852)
• Anna Maria Mensink, Beltrum, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Carola Van de Walle, Zulzeke
• Alida Janssen
• Antonie Jansz van den Heuvel, Amsterdam, nh.nld († 1852)
• Benoîte Josephe PATERNOSTRE, Montignies-lez-Lens, Henegouwen, België († 1789)
• Johannes Henricus Verhoeven, Bimmen (D)

• Arnoldus van Houten (74), Den Haag
• Dirckje Speck, Katendrecht
• Gerrit Cornelisz Kruijthof (84), Katendrecht, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• George Gilreath (102), Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Dink Rossel
• Felix Amandus De Bock (3), Kieldrecht
• Ann Nancy Spencer (51), Northampton Town, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States
• Aaltje van Riet, Utrecht
• Dirkje Dirksdr Spek (83), katendrecht (rotterdam)
• Catharina van Camp (0), Stabroek, Antwerpen, Belgium

• 1742 » Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist († 1809)
• 1758 » André Masséna, French general († 1817)
• 1758 » Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician († 1794)
• 1769 » Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany († 1824)
• 1769 » Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
• 1781 » Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher and author († 1832)
• 1797 » Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer († 1882)
• 1800 » Roman Sanguszko, Polish general († 1881)
• 1827 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician († 1891)
• 1836 » Max Eyth, German engineer and author († 1906)

• 1708 » François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
• 1757 » Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1683)
• 1757 » Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (b. 1684)
• 1782 » Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)
• 1840 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (b. 1792)
• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)

• 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)
• June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
• July 10 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
• August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
• September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• 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.
• October 6 » French Revolution: King Louis XVI is forced to change his residence from Versailles to the Tuileries Palace.

The temperature on May 6, 1789 was about 12.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.