About the day » Monday January 4, 1790Calender converter

• Andreas Nuijten, Alphen en Riel
• Adriana Pietersd STOLK, Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Adriana Stolk, Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aldegunde BAUTEN, Hechtel, Hechtel-Eksel, Province of Limburg, Belgium († 1859)
• Albertien Geerts Hulst, Jipsinghuizen (gem. Westerwolde) († 1860)
• Antonetta Bouwman, Almkerk {NB}
• Aaron Aldrich, Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States († 1878)
• Andreas Nuijten, Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana (Adriaantje) Hendriks Tamsma, Harlingen († 1866)
• Aldegonde Baeten, Hechtel († 1859)

• Joannes Depriel, Gavere,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Harmen Geerligs (2), Steenderen
• Barbara Kessel (58), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Carolus Bols (78), Wezemaal
• Cornelis Bergen Henegouwen (0)
• Arie den Heijer (0), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna(Johanna) Smits, Delft
• Abraham Thomass WIJNANDS (1), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina van der Hengst (Henst) (54), Dordrecht
• Hendrikus de Leeuw (2)

• 1720 » Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer († 1774)
• 1785 » Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist († 1863)
• 1809 » Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille († 1852)
• 1813 » Isaac Pitman, English linguist and educator († 1897)
• 1832 » George Tryon, English admiral († 1893)
• 1838 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer († 1883)
• 1839 » Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer († 1896)
• 1848 » Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan († 1913)
• 1858 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1946)
• 1864 » Clara Emilia Smitt, Swedish doctor and author († 1928)

• 1752 » Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1704)
• 1761 » Stephen Hales, English clergyman and physiologist (b. 1677)
• 1782 » Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed École Militaire (b. 1698)
• 1786 » Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1729)
• 1804 » Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (b. 1730)
• 1821 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint (b. 1774)
• 1825 » Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1751)
• 1863 » Roger Hanson, American general (b. 1827)
• 1874 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1798)
• 1877 » Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)

• 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)
• March 4 » France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
• May 31 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
• July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
• October 22 » Northwest Indian War: Native American forces defeat the United States in the Harmar Campaign.
• December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
• December 26 » Louis XVI of France gives his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution.

The temperature on January 4, 1790 was about 10.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: betrokken windstil.