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• Adriana van Zanen, Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage)
• Adele Nabarro, Amsterdam
• Adriana van ZANEN, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Albert Blommaert († 1895)
• Alfons Jozef Saive, Vijlen-Vaals († 1890)
• Aaltje van 't Ende, Oldebroek
• Albertje Bouma, Tjallebert († 1987)
• Aagje Steensma, Midlum († 1916)
• Ada Elva Baker († 1893)
• Aafje Zwier, Opperdoes, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)

• * Dirkje (1) van der Hoeven (0), Nieuw-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Adriana Dreef (36), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Damen (0), Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amelia Noomen (68), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Amelia Nome (68), WOUDRICHEM, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Hemmers (32), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Jan Roelof Baars (0), Aarlanderveen, Gem.Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Alida Geertruida Lotten (65), Loosdrecht
• Adrianus Reus (62), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Geertsdr van Veen (79), Zwartsluis

• 1883 » Guy C. Wiggins, American painter († 1962)
• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » John Gilbert Winant, American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire († 1947)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)
• 1889 » Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer († 1949)
• 1892 » Agnes Smedley, American journalist and writer († 1950)
• 1892 » Kathleen Harrison, English actress († 1995)
• 1894 » Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1978)
• 1899 » Erich Kästner, German author and poet († 1974)

• 1848 » John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Hendrika
8. Wilhelmina
9. Catharina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Trijntje
14. Neeltje
15. Geertruida
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
• April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
• August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
• September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
• October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
• November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.

The temperature on February 23, 1890 was about -1.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.