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• Arend Hendriks de Vries, Oldeholtpa († 1860)
• Catharina Stolwijk, Gouda Z.H († 1853)
• Elisabeth Knapen, Maarheeze († 1856)
• Elisabeth APERS, Hingene,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1829)
• Cornelis Witteveen, Lemsterland († 1846)
• Anna Catharina Fickel, Goddelau
• Antje Pennekamp, Vlaardingen
• Catharina Denys, Zarren († 1814)
• Adriana de KROON, Best, 3327, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1861)
• Adriana Croon Kroon, Best (Best) (Noord-Brabant) († 1861)

• Antje Tymons, Berlikum
• Carolus Josephus Kallen (62)
• Henrica Joannis van de Pas (52), Vught
• Apolonia van Dijk (47)
• Ana Leite de Sampaio (29), Itu, São Paulo, Brasil
• Boodt, Huisduinen
• Helena Eugenia LOBBESTAEL (49), Staden
• Jannetje Twilt (67), Scheveningen
• Charles Joseph Callen (62), Schinnen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Elisabeth Cornelisdr. Outshoorn (81), Overschie

• 1765 » Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greece († 1848)
• 1766 » William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist († 1828)
• 1768 » Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general and politician († 1813)
• 1775 » Daniel O'Connell, Irish lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin († 1847)
• 1809 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet († 1892)
• 1826 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author († 1915)
• 1835 » Hjalmar Kiærskou, Danish botanist († 1900)
• 1844 » Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha († 1900)
• 1844 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer († 1896)
• 1846 » Anna Haining Bates, Canadian-American giant († 1888)

• 1694 » Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
• 1695 » François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
• 1753 » Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1711)
• 1757 » Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673)
• 1794 » Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
• 1815 » James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
• 1828 » Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1850 » Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)

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. Neeltje
11. Grietje
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 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• April 20 » George Washington arrives at Grays Ferry, Philadelphia while en route to Manhattan for his inauguration.
• 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.
• June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
• September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.

The temperature on August 6, 1789 was about 17.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken.