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• Annechien Westerhof, Vries, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius Bolwerk, Dinther, Nederland († 1892)
• Adrianus Anthonius Ouwendijk, Baarn († 1953)
• Albert Jan Steunenberg, Epe († 1905)
• Anthonia Jacoba Steentjes, Naaldwijk
• Adrianus (Adriaan) Brouwer, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Gerrits Veld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1937)
• Adrianus van 't Hoff, charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Stam, Egmond aan Zee († 1896)
• Aafje van Rijsse, Koog aan de Zaan († 1981)

• alexis DORANGE (41), Hornu (Belgium)
• Albertus Adriani (77), Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands
• Aafke Wiertsema (4), Loppersum
• Adrianus Cornelisz BOENDER (82), Numansdorp
• AART WOUTERSEN PLAS (83), Barneveld
• Adrianus Cornelisz Boender (82), Numansdorp
• Albert Markus Brouwer (33), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland Nederland
• Adriana Van Tuijl (78), Lienden
• Alida Maria Eenhuijs (93), Nieuwer-Amstel, Nederland
• Albertus Beukers (30), Den Helder

• 1882 » Margaret Wilson, American author († 1973)
• 1885 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator († 1967)
• 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)
• 1892 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist († 1949)
• 1893 » Daisy Kennedy, Australian-English violinist († 1981)
• 1894 » Irving Mills, American publisher († 1985)
• 1895 » Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician († 1947)
• 1895 » Nat Schachner, American lawyer, chemist, and author († 1955)
• 1895 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1966)
• 1897 » Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic († 1977)

• 1864 » Anton Schindler, Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795)
• 1865 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Hendrika
8. Wilhelmina
9. Catharina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Trijntje
14. Neeltje
15. Geertruida
16. Petronella

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
• January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
• July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
• July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
• September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
• December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
• December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.

The temperature on January 16, 1890 was about 7.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.