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• Aaltje Krijnsdr Barnhoorn, Katwijk aan Zee, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1868)
• Adrianus Kleijweg, Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1876)
• Andrew Morris, Scozia, RU
• Anna Maria Henneken, Zegwaard, Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth De Vocht, Lier, Antwerpen, België († 1846)
• Agatha Kort, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1864)
• Abraham De Forest, Albany/NY
• Abraham In 't Velt, Dubbeldam,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Peenen, Rijkevorsel, Antwerpen, België († 1840)
• Aaltje Krijnsdr Barnhoorn, Katwijk († 1864)

• Catharina Lont (76)
• Charles Filiatrault (69), St. Eustache Parish, Quebec, Canada
• Jan Gerrits (1) Koelink (0), Blaricum
• Catherine CAGNEAUX (70), Bohain-en-Vermandois,02110,Aisne,Picardie,FRANCE
• Cornelia Sliedrecht, Oudkoop/Sluipwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• André Joseph GUILBERT
• Hendrik* Jansz Meerburg (45), Leiden
• Gerrit van Urk (30), Harderwijk
• Elisabeth Volker (20), Sliedrecht Zhl. NL
• Elizabeth VOLKER (20), Sliedrecht

• 1740 » Isabelle de Charrière, Dutch author and poet († 1805)
• 1759 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut († 1815)
• 1780 » Pauline Bonaparte, French sister of Napoleon († 1825)
• 1784 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1865)
• 1785 » George Ormerod, English historian and author († 1873)
• 1790 » Patrick Matthew. Scottish farmer and biologist († 1874)
• 1801 » Melchior Berri, Swiss architect and educator, designed the Natural History Museum of Basel († 1854)
• 1808 » Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist († 1875)
• 1819 » Báb, Iranian religious leader, founded Bábism († 1850)*1822 - Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and judge († 1896)
• 1832 » Constantin Lipsius, German architect and theorist († 1894)

• 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
• 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
• 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
• 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
• 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
• 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Jacob
8. Joannes
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. John
15. Arie
16. Jean

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Trijntje
8. Grietje
9. Marie
10. Joanna
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Adriana
14. Antje
15. Elizabeth
16. Jannetje

• 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)
• January 8 » George Washington delivers the first State of the Union address in New York City.
• 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 29 » Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.
• May 31 » Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
• July 9 » The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
• July 16 » The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.

The temperature on October 20, 1790 was about 6.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder.