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• Aaltje Luites de Boer, Opsterland († 1897)
• Alberdina Willemina Hietkamp, Epse († 1914)
• Adolphe Joseph Lismont, Gingelom, België
• Alfred PIERS de RAVESCHOOT († 1916)
• Agatha Maria Nijssen, Oegstgeest († 1950)
• Andriana Lena Deurloo, Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland († 1925)
• Frederika Wilhelmina Maria Kooima, Nieuwolda
• Angela Johanna Orth, Föhren, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany († 1896)
• Albert Kuipers, Emmen
• Alphonsus Johannes van der Biezen, Delft († 1891)

• Anna Felicia Decommer (0), Oostrozebeke
• Berend de Groot (33), Vriescheloo, Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aimée Emilie CHEDEMAIL (0), Rennes, 35000, France
• Annebet van Wees (70), Kesteren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Margaretha - Maria Helena - Helena Jansen (70), Altenberge, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Alijda van Sprang (0), Zeist, UTR, Nederland
• Anna Maria Raben (46), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus van Pinxteren (68), Rotterdam
• Aaltje van Drie (66), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Berendje van der Horst (4), Genemuiden

• 1878 » Lillian Moller Gilbreth, American psychologist and engineer († 1972)
• 1879 » H. B. Reese, American candy maker, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups († 1956)
• 1886 » Paul Paray, French organist, composer, and conductor († 1979)
• 1887 » Mick Mannock, Irish soldier and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient († 1918)
• 1891 » William F. Albright, American archaeologist, philologist, and scholar († 1971)
• 1895 » Samuel Irving Newhouse Sr., American publisher, founded Advance Publications († 1979)
• 1899 » Henri Michaux, Belgian-French poet and painter († 1984)
• 1899 » Suzanne Lenglen, French tennis player († 1938)
• 1900 » Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1901 » José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager († 1968)

• 1848 » Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797)
• 1861 » Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837)
• 1872 » Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, German painter and illustrator (b. 1794)
• 1879 » William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (b. 1805)
• 1881 » Samuel Palmer, English painter and illustrator (b. 1805)
• 1901 » Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (b. 1824)
• 1908 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect (b. 1821)
• 1915 » John Condon, Irish-English soldier (b. 1896)
• 1919 » Amado Nervo, Mexican poet, journalist, and educator (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Nikolai von Meck, Russian engineer (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.
• March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
• June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
• October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
• November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
• 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 May 24, 1890 was about 21.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.