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• Aartje Regterschot, Epe, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aartje Regterschot, Epe
• Anna Maria Smetsers, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)
• Antonio (Wlliam) Torocco, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1918)
• Anthonia van Loon (van Leeuwen), Meteren (Geldermalsen) († 1918)
• ?? Claris, Rotterdam († 1890)
• Anna Maria Gertruda Geldens, Oss († 1969)
• Anton Hubert Rutten, Crary, Ramsey, North Dakota († 1973)
• Anna Frederika Wilhelmina Gronert, Zaltbommel († 1943)
• Aaltje Bouman, Lageveen (gem. De Wolden) († 1953)

• Anthonius van de Merendonk (68), Boxtel
• Anthonie Peters (90), Heteren
• Adrianus Eijgenraam (Eigenraam) (6), Vlaardingen, Nederland
• Alberta Josephina Baert (0), Koewacht
• Anna Maria Helmons (41), Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cineigah Cunnyngham (65), Calhoun County, Alabama, United States of America
• Arij van den Berg (98)
• Antonius van de Meerendonk (68), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Hamers (79), Beverwijk, Nederland
• Anthonius Gerardus Marinus Wilmer (0), Delft

• 1877 » Oswald Avery, Canadian-American physician and microbiologist († 1955)
• 1884 » Claire Waldoff, German singer and actress († 1957)
• 1886 » Eugene Burton Ely, American soldier and pilot († 1911)
• 1887 » Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar († 1961)
• 1894 » Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic († 1965)
• 1895 » Edna Purviance, American actress († 1958)
• 1895 » Paavo Johansson, Finnish javelin thrower and decathlete († 1983)
• 1896 » Esther Shumiatcher-Hirschbein, Russian-Canadian poet and screenwriter (d.1985)
• 1898 » Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler and actor († 1960)
• 1900 » Andrée Boisson, French Olympic fencer († 1973)

• 1861 » Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (b. 1811)
• 1872 » Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1794)
• 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)

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 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
• 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.
• July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
• July 26 » In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
• 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 October 21, 1890 was about 7.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.