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• Aaltje Geurts BAKKER, Speuld, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1852)
• Aart Overeem, Driebergen
• Arij Jansz. Moerman, 't Woudt († 1854)
• Annigjen Hendriks Muis, Rotsterhaule († 1835)
• Arie Janszn van Zanten, Maasland († 1820)
• Adrianus van Hulst, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Klaassens de Groot(h), Nieuwe Pekela († 1857)
• Annigje Hendriks Muis, Rosterhaule, Friesland, Nederland († 1835)
• Andries de Haan, Amsterdam
• Appleton Crary, Wallingford, Rutland County, Vermont, United States of America († 1867)

• Feite Piers Attema (6), Piaam, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Harmen Jobszn. Makkinge (62), Huizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Feite Piers (Ottema) (6), Piaam
• Anna Catharina Gelaudé (41), Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, Limburg, België
• Harmen Makkinje (62), Huizen(NH)
• Hubertus Vergote (60), Ingelmunster,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Elisabeth Geluk (3)
• Jacobus Radix (0), Brielle
• Hans Renst de Vries (2), Steenwijk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Harmen Job Makkinje (62), Huizen

• 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)

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)
• February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
• May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
• 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.
• September 22 » Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces.
• November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.

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.