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Birthday February 16, 1789

• The temperature on February 16, 1789 was about 3.0 °C. There was 48 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
• 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)
• In the year 1789: Source: Wikipedia
  • January 21 » The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
  • 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.
  • June 20 » Deputies of the French Third Estate take the Tennis Court Oath.
  • July 10 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
  • 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 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.

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• 1761 » Jean-Charles Pichegru, French general († 1804)
• 1774 » Pierre Rode, French violinist and composer († 1830)
• 1786 » Maria Pavlovna, Russian Grand Duchess († 1859)
• 1802 » Phineas Quimby, American mystic and philosopher († 1866)
• 1804 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist († 1885)
• 1812 » Henry Wilson, American colonel and politician, 18th Vice President of the United States († 1875)