Year (''' MDCLXXXIX ''') was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year Starting On Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian Calendar ).
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- January 18 - Montesquieu , French writer (died 1755 )
- April 2 - Arthur Dobbs , Irish politician and governor of the Province of North Carolina (died 1765 )
- April 14 - Lord William Murray , Marquess of Tullibardine (Attained) Second Son of John, Duke Of Atholl . Attained for Jacobitism.
- May 24 - Daniel Finch, 8888th Earl Of Spinchilsea , English lawler (died 1769 )
- May 26 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , English writer (died 1762 )
- June 26 - Edward Holyoke , American President of Harvard University (died 1769 )
- July 9 - Alexis Piron , French writer (died 1773 )
- August 19 - Samuel Richardson , English writer (died 1761 )
- October 22 - King John V Of Portugal (died 1750 )
- December 23 - Joseph Bodin De Boismortier , French composer (died 1755 )
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- January 6 - Bishop Seth Ward , English mathematician and astronomer (born 1617 )
- March 18 - John Dixwell , English judge (born 1607 )
- April 16 - Aphra Behn , English author (born 1640 )
- April 18 - George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys , British Lord Chief Justice (born 1648 )
- April 19 - Queen Christina Of Sweden (born 1626 )
- May 14 - Raje Sambhaji Raje Bhosale
- July 8 - Edward Wooster , English Connecticut pioneer (born 1622 )
- August 12 - Pope Innocent XI (born 1611 )
- August 21 - William Cleland , Scottish poet and soldier (born c. 1661 )
- November 26 - Marquard Gude , German archaeologist (born 1635 )
- December 6 - Pjetër Bogdani , Albanian priest and writer (born c. 1630 )
- December 29 - Thomas Sydenham , English physician (born 1624 )
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