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• Ariaantje Bijlevelt, Maassluis († 1865)
• Anna Maria Pierlot, Wilrijk (Be) († 1854)
• Adrianus VAN DOOREN, Ravels
• Anne Jelles van der Laan, Drachten
• Angeniet John Seelbach, Rotterdam
• Anna Elisabeth Govaerts, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Maria Pierlot, Wilrijk († 1854)
• Anna Cornelisdr. Sprangers, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1836)
• Anne Jelles van der Laan, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1815)
• Auke Johannes Reidinga, Boornbergum Friesland Nederland († 1868)

• Aafje Jacobs' Bankert (Beemsterboer) (59), Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jan Gaspar Schreuner (70), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• anna Houtekins, Blankenberge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Anna Catharina Van Nutt (71), Bilzen
• Anthonetta Cornelia Knapen (92), Breda
• Cornelius Simons Ansems van Dongen (40), Zeeland (N.Br.)
• Anthonetta Cornelia Knaapen (87), Breda
• George Duffield (57)
• Aaltje Odijk (5), Alphen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amandus Daelman (79), Liezele, Antwerpen, België

• 1754 » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1838)
• 1782 » Henri de Rigny, French admiral and politician, French Minister of War († 1835)
• 1786 » Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician, physicist, and astronomer († 1856)
• 1802 » Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, French chemist and academic († 1887)
• 1803 » Albert Sidney Johnston, American general († 1862)
• 1829 » Alfred Brehm, German zoologist and illustrator († 1884)
• 1829 » William Stanley, English engineer and philanthropist († 1909)
• 1841 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and hydrologist († 1912)
• 1842 » Julian Sochocki, Polish-Russian mathematician and academic († 1927)
• 1849 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright († 1921)

• 1712 » Martin Lister, English physician and geologist (b. 1639)
• 1714 » John Sharp, English archbishop (b. 1643)
• 1723 » Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist and physician (b. 1666)
• 1768 » Robert Smith, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1689)
• 1769 » Pope Clement XIII (b. 1693)
• 1802 » Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1713)
• 1804 » George Walton, American lawyer and politician, Governor of Georgia (b. 1749)
• 1831 » Vincenzo Dimech, Maltese sculptor (b. 1768)
• 1836 » Letizia Ramolino, Italian noblewoman (b. 1750)
• 1861 » Théophane Vénard, French Catholic missionary (b. 1829)

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)
• 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 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
• July 31 » The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
• August 4 » A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
• November 1 » Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.

The temperature on February 2, 1790 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.