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• Anneke de Greef, Well, Ammerzoden († 1831)
• Anna Borman, Hoogland,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Vosteen, Steenhafe, Oldenburg (D) († 1789)
• Arieaantje Olieman, Pijnacker
• Cornelius van de Put, Bergeijk
• Anna Maria Rens, Viersel († 1846)
• Anna Maria Rens, Viersel, Zandhoven, België († 1846)
• Antonius Goeyers, Mechelen, Antwerpen, België
• Egbertien Oosting, Vries, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1847)
• Anna Willemijna Blom, Driel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1793)

• Annigjen Rouwendaal, Hattem
• Evertje van Osnabrugge (9), Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Catharina Neermulder (71), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Good (50)
• Anna Maria Sennave (52), Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Jacobus Pieters Everhard (20)
• Abraham van NECK (55), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Maartje Klaas
• Hertje Leendertsz Kok (25)
• John Blackwood (49), Greene, Tennessee, United States

• 1736 » Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer († 1803)
• 1740 » Matthias Claudius, German poet and author († 1815)
• 1769 » Napoleon, French general and emperor († 1821)
• 1771 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet († 1832)
• 1785 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author († 1859)
• 1787 » Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist († 1860)
• 1798 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior († 1831)
• 1807 » Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic († 1891)
• 1824 » John Chisum, American businessman († 1884)
• 1839 » Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker († 1915)

• 1666 » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)

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)
• January 30 » Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
• April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
• June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
• 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 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.

The temperature on August 15, 1789 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken donder weerlicht.