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• Adriaantje de Ruijter, Heemskerk († 1789)
• Anna Elisabeth Handels, Kerkrade (L († 1791)
• Cornelis Nieuwland, Rockanje († 1864)
• Cornelis Plansoen, Hontenisse († 1876)
• Catharina Jansen, Mehr, Rees († 1844)
• Andrew Dillman, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States († 1872)
• Catharina Lowie, Staden West-Vlaanderen België († 1841)
• Bernhardine Wetter, Berleburg, Kreis Wittgenstein († 1859)
• Cornelis Pietersz van der Hoorn, Rijnsaterwoude († 1855)
• Cornelius Hurx, Sint-Oedenrode

• Catharina Petri Driessen MAES (39), Lieshout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Jacobs Schol (39), Alkmaar
• Henrica Anselmi van den Broek (38), Gemert,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Cornelius WEIJTEN (54), Lillo,2040,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË
• Adrianus Steenis (0), Rotterdam (NL)
• Jannetje Cornelisse Lageweg (40), Geervliet
• Anne Pickett (44), Headington, Oxfordshire, England
• Arnould de Pret (66), Hemixem
• Frédéric Francois LESAFFRE
• Antje Jans Groot, Hoogkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1738 » Jacques François Dugommier, French general († 1794)
• 1744 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic († 1829)
• 1770 » William Clark, American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory († 1838)
• 1779 » Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and poet († 1843)
• 1779 » Lorenz Oken, German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist († 1851)
• 1809 » William B. Travis, American colonel and lawyer († 1836)
• 1815 » Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician († 1882)
• 1818 » Maria Mitchell, American astronomer and academic († 1889)
• 1819 » Herman Melville, American novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1891)
• 1831 » Antonio Cotogni, Italian opera singer and educator († 1918)

• 1787 » Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori, Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
• 1795 » Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
• 1796 » Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet, English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
• 1798 » François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, French admiral (b. 1753)
• 1807 » John Boorman, English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
• 1807 » John Walker, English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
• 1808 » Lady Diana Beauclerk, English painter and illustrator (b. 1734)
• 1812 » Yakov Kulnev, Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1851 » William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (b. 1775)
• 1863 » Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (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. 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)
• 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.
• July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
• 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.
• September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
• October 2 » The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification.
• October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

The temperature on August 1, 1789 was about 18.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.