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• Albert Torrenga, Warfhuizen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anne Judith St.John-Mildmay († 1851)
• Catharina van Garsten, Haarlem († 1833)
• Anna Aarts van 't Klooster, Soest († 1795)
• Alexandrine Louise Sophie de Caritat († 1859)
• Augustin Ameije, Vichte, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1839)
• Berendina Tankink, Haaksbergen, 7481, Nederland († 1816)
• Anna van 't Klooster, Soest
• Aagje (Pietersd) Zwart, Zaandijk († 1825)
• Anna, Theresia Van Brusselt, Bekkevoort († 1858)

• Antoine Libert (81), Outreau, Pas-De-Calais, Hauts-De-France, France
• Christina Lohner (33), Miesenheim
• Aagje Versluys (51), Gouda
• Cornelis IJffs (61), Koedijk, Nederland
• Angeniet Vrient (2), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Jansz. van Eden (0), Krommenie
• Friederike Julius (5), Elsoff, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Charles Nicolas SIBILLEAU (61), Le Petit-Pressigny, 37350, France
• Jan Jansen HULSMAN, Vaassen
• Geertje Jacobs Paddinge (37), Hoogeveen

• 1788 » Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author († 1862)
• 1788 » Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist († 1848)
• 1789 » Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician († 1871)
• 1792 » Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada († 1840)
• 1798 » August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic († 1874)
• 1805 » Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet († 1875)
• 1814 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor († 1879)
• 1814 » Henry L. Benning, American general and judge († 1875)
• 1827 » William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter († 1910)
• 1835 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer († 1907)

• 1742 » James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1747 » Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684)
• 1754 » Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1787 » Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
• 1791 » Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)
• 1801 » Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
• 1803 » Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
• 1817 » Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)
• 1827 » Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)
• 1845 » Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1763)

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)
• March 1 » The first United States census is authorized.
• 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 » The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790.
• July 9 » The Swedish Navy captures one third of the Russian Baltic fleet.
• October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
• December 17 » The Aztec calendar stone is discovered at El Zócalo, Mexico City.

The temperature on April 2, 1790 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: zeer betrokken.