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• Aegidius Bovendeert, Buchten, Born, Limburg, Nederland († 1790)
• Aiken Breazeale, Belton, Anderson, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1859)
• Anna Maria Verkuijl, Hedikhuizen
• Catharina van Velzen, Delft († 1846)
• Berend Grijsen, Neede
• Anna Knapen, Nederweert
• Anneke van Heukelum, Zaltbommel († 1850)
• Berent Grijsen, Neede († 1812)
• Berend Jans Post, Noordwolde (Weststellingwerf, Friesland) († 1858)
• Baafje Leegwater, Uitgeest († 1828)

• Adriana van Herel (53), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, NL
• Dirk Sinterniklaas (50), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianna v.Herel (53), Wouw
• Dirk Wouterszoon Sint Nicolaas (50), Ridderkerk, Nederland
• Elizabeth Ressenaar (50), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Edward Masterson (60), Wayne, North Carolina, United States
• Catharina Theresia VAEL (68), Lebbeke,9280,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Catharina Schaffers (40), Blerick, Limburg, Netherlands
• Christina ten Cate (34), Almelo
• Catharina Coster (60), Almelo

• 1745 » Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist († 1826)
• 1748 » Georg Michael Telemann, German composer and theologian († 1831)
• 1772 » William Lawless, Irish revolutionary and French general († 1824)
• 1808 » Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France († 1873)
• 1816 » Bogoslav Šulek, Croatian philologist, historian, and lexicographer († 1895)
• 1818 » Heinrich Göbel, German-American mechanic and engineer († 1893)
• 1826 » Dinah Craik, English author and poet († 1887)
• 1836 » Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American scientist and academic († 1895)
• 1839 » Carol I of Romania, King of Romania († 1914)
• 1840 » Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator († 1916)

• 1703 » Lancelot Addison, English clergyman and educator (b. 1632)
• 1769 » Chief Pontiac, American tribal leader (b. 1720)
• 1831 » John Abernethy, English surgeon and anatomist (b. 1764)
• 1873 » William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)
• 1881 » William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Jacob
8. Joannes
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. John
15. Arie
16. Jean

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Trijntje
8. Grietje
9. Marie
10. Joanna
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Adriana
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
16. Jannetje

• 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)
• May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
• July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
• August 4 » A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
• September 25 » Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
• October 22 » Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States in the Harmar Campaign.
• December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.

The temperature on April 20, 1790 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.