About the day » Tuesday May 4, 1790Calender converter

• Claasje KLIJN, De Kwakel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1791)
• Catharine Regina Groat, Noblestown, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1854)
• Berendina Hemmink, Winterswijk
• Cornelis Cornelius Mommers, Tilburg,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1875)
• Arnoldus van den Eijnde (van den Eynde), Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1876)
• Claasje Kl(e)ijn, Uithoorn († 1791)
• Catharina Marse, Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Berendina Heezen, Varsseveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1844)
• Balthazar Johannes Kuen, Nieuwe Pekela
• Aplonia van den ENDE, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1857)

• Albertus TITSINGH (76), Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jacob Meyer (69), Coopersburg, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States
• Ds. Albert Willem Costerus (91), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelis Coeleveld (42), Beverwijk
• Francesco Cattaneo della Volta (68), Napoli, Italie
• Elisabeth Schmidt (2), Banfe, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Jacques LESSIRE (65), Malonne, 5020, Namur, Belgique
• Anna Catharina BAUTERS (9), Sint-Kornelis-Horebeke,9767,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Johanna Giesestein (0), Rotterdam
• Johanna Brinkhorst (77), Velp

• 1757 » Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City († 1816)
• 1767 » Tyagaraja, Indian composer († 1847)
• 1770 » François Gérard, French painter († 1837)
• 1772 » Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher († 1823)
• 1796 » Horace Mann, American educator and politician († 1859)
• 1796 » William H. Prescott, American historian and scholar († 1859)
• 1796 » William Pennington, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 1862)
• 1820 » John Whiteaker, American soldier, judge, and politician, 1st Governor of Oregon († 1902)
• 1820 » Julia Gardiner Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 11th First Lady of the United States († 1889)
• 1822 » Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Canadian physician and politician, 3rd Premier of Quebec († 1915)

• 1737 » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (b. 1686)
• 1774 » Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Prussian nobleman (b. 1714)
• 1776 » Jacques Saly, French painter and sculptor (b. 1717)
• 1790 » Matthew Tilghman, American politician (b. 1718)
• 1799 » Tipu, ruler of Mysore (b. 1750)
• 1811 » Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)
• 1816 » Samuel Dexter, American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Secretary of War, 3rd United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1824 » Joseph Joubert, French author (b. 1754)
• 1826 » Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan, colonial governor of East Florida, Santo Domingo and Cuba (b. 1757)
• 1839 » Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)

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.
• 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.
• July 12 » The Civil Constitution of the Clergy is passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly.
• October 9 » A severe earthquake in northern Algeria causes severe damage and a tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea and kills three thousand.
• December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.
• December 31 » Efimeris, the oldest Greek newspaper of which issues have survived till today, is published for the first time.

The temperature on May 4, 1790 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht.