About the day » Wednesday February 5, 1890Calender converter

• Anna KRAMER, Bolsward(Friesland)
• Aaltje van Veen, Munnekeburen († 1983)
• Albertus van den Heuvel, Veghel († 1890)
• Adrianus Verkaik, Kralingen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Maria Rakel, Gleesen († 1974)
• Albert van Unen, Kampen († 1958)
• Adrianus HEEREN, Etten en Leur
• Aaltje Muts, Purmerend, North Holland, Netherlands († 1944)
• Aaltje Bouwheer, Kootwijkerbroek († 1936)
• Adriana Scheepers, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1968)

• Aafje Harmens Krol (52), Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Aaltje van het Hof (42), Koog aan de Zaan
• Adriana Valentijn (77), Rijpwetering
• Adriana Margaretha van Zuylen van Nijevelt (75), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• AAGJE VAN KRALINGEN (34), HOOGVLIET
• Abraham Johannes de Smit (36), Oostburg
• Aaltje de Boer (0), Steenwijk
• Adrianus LUIJSTERBURG (73), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Maria Scheepers (0), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Godschalk (78), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1878 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded Citroën († 1935)
• 1880 » Gabriel Voisin, French pilot and engineer († 1973)
• 1889 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1962)
• 1889 » Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer († 1962)
• 1889 » Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician († 1950)
• 1891 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower († 1976)
• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)
• 1897 » Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO († 1979)
• 1900 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1965)
• 1903 » Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations († 1994)

• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

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 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
• April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
• July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
• July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
• November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
• December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.

The temperature on February 5, 1890 was about -1.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.