About the day » Wednesday September 23, 1789Calender converter

• Angela Victoria Morreel, Woumen (W-VL) België
• Andries de Haan, Amsterdam
• Annegien Muis, Rotsterhaule
• Anna Catharina VANDOUSSELAERE, Moerkerke,8340,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Arij Jan van Santen, Maasland, 3155, Nederland († 1820)
• Aaltje Bakker, Garderen-Speuld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annigjen Jacobs KOLK, Paasloo
• Aart Overeem, Driebergen
• Aaltje Kuijer, Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland († 1856)
• Annigjen Hendriks Muis, Rotsterhaule, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1835)

• Hans Kempes, Steenwijk
• Feite Piers (6)
• Francina Margaretha Sichterman (65), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Harmen Makkinje (62), Huizen(NH)
• Abraham Clark I (99)
• Anna Maria ter Neer (0), Bemmel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Hendrikje Verkerk, Ammerstol
• Hans Renst de Vries (2), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Dyonisius Hulselmans, Retie
• Hendrina van Marwijk (66), Herveld

• 1740 » Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan († 1813)
• 1771 » Emperor Kōkaku of Japan († 1840)
• 1778 » Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician († 1811)
• 1781 » Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1860)
• 1791 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic († 1865)
• 1791 » Theodor Körner, German soldier and author († 1813)
• 1800 » William Holmes McGuffey, American author and academic († 1873)
• 1819 » Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic († 1896)
• 1823 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia († 1902)
• 1838 » Victoria Woodhull, American journalist and activist († 1927)

• 1728 » Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1655)
• 1738 » Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (b. 1668)
• 1764 » Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1773 » Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
• 1789 » John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)
• 1835 » Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
• 1846 » John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
• 1850 » José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
• 1851 » Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
• 1870 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)

• 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 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
• April 1 » In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
• 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.
• July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris storm the Bastille.
• September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
• November 26 » A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.

The temperature on September 23, 1789 was about 14.0 °C. There was 92 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.