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• Anna Maria Scharffetter, Duitsland († 1880)
• Antonius van Schendel-, Terheijden, Nederland († 1879)
• Adrianus Cnappaerts, Tielen, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1790)
• Alardus van de Wielen, Alphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Désirée Joseph Lupant, Cuesmes (BE) († 1859)
• Bastiaan van Rijswijk, Haastrecht († 1848)
• Aukje Freeks' de Jong, Bolsward († 1852)
• Anna Catharina Kennis, Zoersel
• Arnolda van Munster, Hees, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1810)
• Anna Catharina Kennis, Zoersel

• Andries Hansen Brink SV PROG (77)
• Cornelis Verboon (65), Rijnsaterwoude
• Antoni Joseph DAUTZENBERG (64), Simpelveld, Gemeente Simpelveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Laurentius Cobits (49), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Janna te beest (66), Winterswijk (Miste)
• Elijah Wyman (41), Townsend, Windham Co., Vermont, Verenigde Staten
• Geertje Dirks Goes, Giessen-Nieuwkerk
• Laurens Cobuts (49), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Danielus Schutten (2), Westervoort, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hermanus Blum (35), Oekoven bei Rommerskirchen

• 1754 » Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician († 1833)
• 1754 » William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting († 1839)
• 1765 » William IV of the United Kingdom († 1837)
• 1789 » Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic († 1857)
• 1798 » Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher († 1874)
• 1800 » Hiram Walden, American general and politician († 1880)
• 1801 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician († 1876)
• 1813 » Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician († 1891)
• 1816 » Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic († 1856)
• 1823 » Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter and astronomer († 1899)

• 1762 » Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)
• 1763 » Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)
• 1775 » Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)
• 1796 » John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721)
• 1814 » Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)
• 1835 » John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1836 » Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)
• 1838 » Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)
• 1853 » Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)
• 1854 » Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)

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)
• March 4 » In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress.
• April 28 » Mutiny on the Bounty: Lieutenant William Bligh and 18 sailors are set adrift and the rebel crew returns to Tahiti briefly and then sets sail for Pitcairn Island.
• April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
• May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on August 21, 1789 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.