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• Anke Zondag, Roden († 1984)
• Allen Miles Simmons, Brunswick County, North Carolina († 1963)
• Albertus Johannes Weijenberg, Vaassen,Gemeente Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Snippe, Hoogeveen nederland († 1974)
• Andries van der Woude, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• * Cornelia Elisabeth Paulus, Hilversum († 1964)
• Alice May Cox († 1952)
• Anna Catharina Schoen, Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1892)
• Andries Tammes van der Woude, Kooten († 1954)
• Andries van der Woude, Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1954)

• Albertje Hindriks Lugtenborg (47), Oude Pekela, Gemeente Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthoni Haring (56), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Huizinga (35), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Jackson Bickers (47), Mercer, Kentucky, United States
• Aaltje Lukkien (16), Veendam, Gemeente Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltien Beuling (76), Ees (Borger), Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertje Fokkens (2), Beilen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Akke Wiegers Douwenga (36), Bovenknijpe, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia Catharina de Boer (1), Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna van de Meeberg (8), Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1884 » J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian († 1958)
• 1891 » Jack Buchanan, Scottish entertainer († 1957)
• 1891 » Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet († 1976)
• 1891 » Tristão de Bragança Cunha, Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa († 1958)
• 1896 » Johnny Golden, American golfer († 1936)
• 1898 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician († 1940)
• 1898 » Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor and politician († 1990)
• 1900 » Alfred Strange, English footballer († 1978)
• 1900 » Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1970)
• 1900 » Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright († 1942)

• 1865 » A. P. Hill, American general (b. 1825)
• 1872 » Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (b. 1791)
• 1891 » Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek playwright and politician, 249th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1803)
• 1896 » Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
• 1923 » Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)

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 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 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
• October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
• December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.

The temperature on April 2, 1890 was about 7.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 63%.