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• Aaltjen Antonissen Klappe, Schokland
• Antoniius Petri SPANCK, Den Dungen,North-Brabant,Netherlands
• Abel Fletcher, Massachusettes, United States († 1861)
• Alijda Fransen Buijs, Amersfoort († 1860)
• "Camille" Louis Charles de Rarécourt de La Vallée de Pimodan, Mauperthuis, Seine-et-Marne, France († 1856)
• Arij Hazejager, spijkenisse (zuid holland) († 1834)
• Alexandre Pascal LEMAIRE, Antoing,7640,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Anna Maria van Breugel, Breda
• Albertje Hindriks (Hendriks) Dost (Oost)-, Veendam, Nederland († 1847)
• Albertje Hindriks Dost, Veendam († 1847)

• Dirk Janse Ligtermoet (52), Maassluis
• DIRK LIGTERMOET (52), MAASSLUIS
• Dirk Jansz Ligtermoet (52), Maassluis
• Dirk Jansz Ligtermoet (52), Maassluis
• Dirk Janse Ligtermoet (52), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• dirk ligtermoet (52), maassluis (zuid holland)
• Lijsbeth Cornelis Huijsman, Heemskerk
• Grietje Jans van`t Bos (63), Leerdam,Utrecht,Niederlande
• Adam Johan Vrijheer Pongrácz van Szentmiklós-Ovár (57)
• Jan Coenraad Knippenberg (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• 1720 » Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer († 1785)
• 1778 » Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile († 1842)
• 1779 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic († 1848)
• 1789 » Abbas Mirza, Qajar crown prince of Persia († 1833)
• 1799 » James Prinsep, English orientalist and scholar († 1840)
• 1833 » Benjamin Harrison, American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States († 1901)
• 1845 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers († 1916)
• 1847 » Andrew Greenwood, English cricketer († 1889)
• 1847 » Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author († 1912)
• 1856 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright († 1909)

• 1701 » Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1639)
• 1707 » Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
• 1773 » Enrique Flórez, Spanish historian and author (b. 1701)
• 1785 » Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (b. 1714)
• 1823 » Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)
• 1825 » William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)
• 1835 » Agnes Bulmer, English merchant and poet (b. 1775)
• 1854 » Shiranui Dakuemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801)
• 1859 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)
• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)

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)
• June 17 » In France, the Third Estate declares itself the National Assembly.
• July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
• August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
• September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
• September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
• October 19 » John Jay is sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.

The temperature on August 20, 1789 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: zeer betrokken.