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• Anna Maria Stokkermans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1829)
• Adriana van ZOOM, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1855)
• Angelus Van Hijfte, Evergem, België
• Antoinetta van Kouwen, Puiflijk († 1854)
• Annotje Cornelia Carelsdr. van Reijn, Rotterdam († 1864)
• Andrew Andreas H Heintzelman, Lynnville, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States († 1866)
• Alle Johannes de Meer, Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1847)
• Arkadi Vassilievich Kochubey († 1878)
• Cornelia Geerts, Meerle, Belgium
• Cornelis Halling, Krimpen aan de IJssel († 1816)

• Georg Hellenberg, Wiedensahl, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
• Alida Veldman, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albert Claasz. Kaandorp (34)
• Antonius Hubertus Drabbe (5), Delft
• Catherine Barbara Von Hottenstein (69), Berwick Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States
• Gerarda de Ridder (12), Noordwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Franciscus Joseph Witting (0), Geseke
• Druzsiana Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, Cluj-Napoca, Roumanie
• Agnes Claassen (60), Cuijk en Sint Agatha
• Albert Caandorp (34), Limmen NH NL

• 1745 » Henry James Pye, English poet and politician († 1813)
• 1751 » Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic († 1826)
• 1753 » Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence († 1815)
• 1759 » Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist († 1813)
• 1774 » Vicente Sebastián Pintado, Spanish cartographer, engineer, military officer and land surveyor of Spanish Louisiana and Spanish West Florida († 1829)
• 1784 » Judith Montefiore, British linguist, travel writer, philanthropist († 1862)
• 1792 » Eliza Courtney, French daughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire († 1859)
• 1794 » William Carleton, Irish author († 1869)
• 1802 » Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer († 1870)
• 1819 » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician († 1882)

• 1762 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (b. 1723)
• 1771 » Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer (b. 1678)
• 1773 » Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (b. 1701)
• 1778 » Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and scholar (b. 1711)
• 1790 » Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741)
• 1806 » Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician (b. 1725)
• 1810 » Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean rebel leader (b. 1767)
• 1850 » Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President (1843–1844) (b. 1794)
• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)

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 » 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.
• July 14 » French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération.
• September 25 » Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday.
• November 1 » Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
• December 6 » The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.

The temperature on February 20, 1790 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken mist.