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• Gerardus ter Laek, Den Haag
• Eva Abraham van Ploeg, Den Haag (Zuid-Holland) († 1866)
• Catarina van der Harst, Scheveningen, Nederland († 1790)
• Geertruij van der Linde, Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Grietje Jacobs' Wijn, Obdam († 1867)
• Adriana van Werkhoven, Vianen († 1831)
• Barbara van Loon, Nieuwkuijk († 1841)
• Charlotta Johanna Henneklaar, Haarlem († 1840)
• Anna Maria Hoefnagels, Sint-Michielsgestel, NL
• Félix Batard, Châteauroux, 36044, France († 1849)

• Gerardus Drabbels (0), Horst
• Fokje Lieuwes (42), De Valom
• Johannes Baptista de BEER (0), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hendrik Pieper (89), Spankeren en Ellecom (Rheden)
• Dignus de BAKKER (50)
• Gerrit Janmaat, Zuid-Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Henricus Krabbenborg, Zieuwent, Oost Gelre, Gelderland, Nederland
• Johannes Bergmans (41), Tilburg
• Jacoba Henderina Emans (69), Rotterdam
• Herbert SCHOOLENBERG (35), Dordrecht

• 1783 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general († 1853)
• 1808 » Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian, academic, and politician († 1864)
• 1810 » Henri Victor Regnault, French chemist and physicist († 1878)
• 1811 » Robert Mackenzie, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland († 1873)
• 1816 » Paul Reuter, German-English journalist, founded Reuters († 1899)
• 1858 » Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand painter and educator († 1941)
• 1858 » Lovis Corinth, German painter († 1925)
• 1858 » Maria Christina of Austria († 1929)
• 1863 » C. Aubrey Smith, English-American cricketer and actor († 1948)
• 1866 » Carlos Schwabe, Swiss Symbolist painter and printmaker († 1926)

• 1688 » James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1610)
• 1793 » Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, French admiral, explorer, and politician (b. 1739)
• 1796 » Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (b. 1759)
• 1798 » Anthony Perry, Irish rebel leader (b. ca. 1760)
• 1798 » François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (b. 1733)
• 1868 » William Bland, Australian surgeon and politician (b. 1789)
• 1878 » Sam Bass, American outlaw (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician (b. 1800)
• 1889 » Nelson Dewey, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1833)

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)
• 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.
• April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
• July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
• August 7 » The United States Department of War is established.
• 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 July 21, 1789 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.