About the day » Tuesday January 7, 1890Calender converter

• Alfons DE PRETER, Beerzel, 2580, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1945)
• Albert Klomparends, Angelsloo, Emmen
• Aloysius Petrus Cornelius Janssens, Tilburg
• Aafje Antonia van Blokker, Loosduinen
• Aaltje Kropveld, Amsterdam († 1967)
• Alfred George Newlin, Iroquois County, Illinois († 1906)
• Adriana Bijeman, Breukelen Nijenrode († 1890)
• Andries Wybrens Postma, Oostermeer, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1960)
• Adriana den Besten, Lexmond (Zederik), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Albert Bruins, Alto, Fond du Lac County (WI, USA) († 1968)

• Aaltje Wybes Lautenbach (87), Dronrijp, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van der Heijden (82), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aaltje Wijbes Lautenbach (87), Dronrijp
• Annie Elizabeth Boyd (28), Horry County, South Carolina
• Antje Hiddes Houtsma (84), Schraard, Wonseradeel
• Anna Catharina Houbrechts (75), Kortessem
• Anton Friedrich Franz MAHLER (78), Zutphen, 1970, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aagte Timmerman (67), Genemuiden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Houbrechts (75), Kortessem, België
• Aagte Timmerman (67), Genemuiden, Zwartewaterland, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1875 » Gustav Flatow, German gymnast († 1945)
• 1876 » William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer († 1906)
• 1877 » William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer († 1928)
• 1889 » Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina († 1982)
• 1891 » Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist († 1960)
• 1895 » Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited († 1974)
• 1899 » Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (disputed; d. 1941)
• 1899 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer († 1963)
• 1900 » John Brownlee, Australian actor and singer († 1969)
• 1906 » Red Allen, American trumpet player († 1967)

• 1858 » Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1800)
• 1864 » Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)
• 1893 » Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
• 1927 » Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1851)
• 1931 » Edward Channing, American historian and author (b. 1856)
• 1932 » André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (b. 1858)

• 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.
• June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
• July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
• July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
• August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
• October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
• December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.

The temperature on January 7, 1890 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.