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• Christiaan de Bruijn, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1867)
• Bernardus ten Brinke, Varsseveld
• Emily Theophila Metcalfe († 1885)
• Dirck Bastiaanse, Oost-Souburg,Gemeente Vlissingen,Zeeland,Netherlands († 1807)
• Egbertus Rudolphus Slaghek, Amsterdam († 1790)
• Antonie Pieter de Klerk, Tienhoven, Nederland († 1864)
• Barbara Theresia Desopper, Aartrijke, Zedelgem, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Dorothea Ferber, Amsterdam
• Berend Egberts Bos, Vries († 1840)
• Antonius Dewulf, Hooglede West-Vlaanderen België († 1854)

• AAFJE BERGAMBACHT (29), PIJNACKER
• Jean Charles Joseph LEFEBVRE (73), Roubaix, Nord, Frankrijk
• Berendje Reinders (31), Heerde
• Anna Barbara Leurs (71), Echt
• Anna Maria LEURS (77), Echt, Limburg, Nederland
• Berentjen, Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dirk van GELDER (77), Dordrecht
• Jenneken Oortgiese, Ruurlo
• Anna Maria Leurs (77), Echt
• Berentje Reinders (31), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1754 » Salawat Yulayev, Russian poet († 1800)
• 1792 » John Linnell, English painter and engraver († 1882)
• 1801 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist († 1868)
• 1806 » Edward Davy, English physician and chemist († 1885)
• 1813 » Otto Jahn, German archaeologist and philologist († 1869)
• 1820 » Athanase Josué Coquerel, Dutch-French preacher and theologian († 1875)
• 1821 » Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer and architect († 1908)
• 1826 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist († 1897)
• 1829 » Geronimo, American tribal leader († 1909)
• 1836 » Wesley Merritt, American general and politician, Military Governor of the Philippines († 1910)

• 1722 » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (b. 1650)
• 1743 » Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, eldest daughter of King Louis XIV of France (b. 1673)
• 1752 » Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1692)
• 1762 » Anne Russell, Countess of Jersey (formerly Duchess of Bedford) (b. c.1705)
• 1777 » Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and playwright (b. 1709)
• 1779 » Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, English lawyer and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1712)
• 1804 » Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor (b. 1728)
• 1824 » Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, French lawyer and politician (b. 1739)
• 1849 » Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette, German theologian and scholar (b. 1780)
• 1850 » William Lawson, English-Australian explorer and politician (b. 1774)

• 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.
• 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.
• August 2 » The first United States Census is conducted.
• August 4 » A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
• December 22 » The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Alexander Suvorov and his Russian armies.

The temperature on June 16, 1790 was about 11.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north. Weather type: betrokken.