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• Adrian Lydens, Ferry Twp-Mi (US) († 1957)
• Antoon van Beers, Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1967)
• Adelayda Gusman, Capinota, Cochabamba, Bolivia († 1895)
• Alberdina Van Zalen, Oude-Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Armand Arthur Jules Joseph Anthierens, Bruges, Belgique
• Albertus Hendrikus Riphagen, Borne
• Albert Berendsen, Doetinchem Stad,Stad-Doetinchem (1818-1920),Gelderland,Nederland († 1956)
• Albert van Loo, Oldebroek († 1964)
• Adelgonda Gertruda Peters, Gennep († 1901)
• Anna Wilhelmina Frederika Walther, 's-Gravenhage († 1960)

• Cornelis Struving (1)
• Durk Arjens Pruiksma (72), St. Nicolaasga
• Dionisius Smeelings (73), Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria (Geraads) Geraats (17), Tegelen
• Arie van Dijk (0), Maasland, 3155, Nederland
• Augustin van Schaverbeeck (73), Temse
• Arie van Dijk (0), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartel Hubertus van Oostendorp (48), Rotterdam
• Antonie van Ingen (63), Arnhem
• Ariaantje Freerks Bakker (71)

• 1881 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player († 1955)
• 1884 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor († 1916)
• 1886 » David Ben-Gurion, Polish-Israeli soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel († 1973)
• 1888 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1888 » Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling († 1979)
• 1890 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint († 1902)
• 1890 » Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance († 1922)
• 1890 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director († 1975)
• 1897 » Louis de Cazenave, French soldier († 2008)
• 1898 » William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist († 1980)

• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)

• 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.
• March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
• June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
• August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
• December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
• December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.

The temperature on October 16, 1890 was about 10.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.