About the day » Friday January 3, 1890Calender converter

• Aaltje Klaasse Veenis, Assendelft NH NL († 1891)
• Adolphus Prince, Seal Cove, Bonavista, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada († 1984)
• Agatha Boekenoogen, Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• adrianus josephus van raak
• Akke Weijma, Ijlst, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)
• Adrianus Johannes Rademakers, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland-The Netherlands
• Albertus Boksem, Amsterdam († 1975)
• Akke Dirks Weyma, IJlst, Gem. IJlst, Friesland, Nederland († 1957)
• Aaltje van der Wal, Siegerswoude († 1964)
• Antje Makelaar, Den Helder († 1960)

• Adelin Stanislas Humbert de Liedekerke (73)
• Aartje Zegveld (73), Lienden, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna De Witte (0), Nieuwkerken, Sint-Niklaas, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna SANDERS (77), Kralingen (Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands)
• Abraham Os (39), Den Bosch
• Adolf von Thurn und Taxis (39), Abfalter, Austria
• Anna Carolina Philomena Bahlmann (48), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• *Antonia Henrica Aelbers ( Aijlbers) (78), Den Haag
• Alida Broere (0), Abcoude Baambrugge, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adolf Maximilian Anton Lamoral von THURN und TAXIS (39), Abfalter

• 1883 » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1967)
• 1883 » Duncan Gillis, Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower († 1963)
• 1884 » Raoul Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer († 1948)
• 1885 » Harry Elkins Widener, American businessman († 1912)
• 1886 » Arthur Mailey, Australian cricketer († 1967)
• 1886 » John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author († 1950)
• 1887 » August Macke, German-French painter († 1914)
• 1892 » J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist († 1973)
• 1894 » ZaSu Pitts, American actress († 1963)
• 1897 » Marion Davies, American actress and comedian († 1961)

• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)

• 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 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
• July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
• September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
• December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.

The temperature on January 3, 1890 was about -5.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.