About the day » Wednesday October 8, 1890Calender converter

• Addie Hill, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1929)
• Amelia Dorothea Truyts, Kessel, 2560, België († 1978)
• Adriana Johanna Hendrika Schreij, Rotterdam
• Albertine Willems, Bruges, Belgium
• Anna van Hulten, Vlijmen († 1929)
• Anna Wolf, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1966)
• Adriaan Kwakernaak, Wijngaarden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Adele Marie Brown ****, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Annie Tillema, Columbia County, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Adriana Stolker, Utrecht

• Adriana Monna
• Anna Visser (59), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Kramer (0), Harlingen
• Aaltje van Buren (51), Nieuwenhoorn
• Anna Catharina Schouten (74), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arnoldina Boots (1), Maasbree
• Antonet Renne Renne (50), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• "August" Friedrich Karl von Honstedt (70), Hannover, Allemagne
• Abraham Heijstek (69), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• August Joseph Hellebaut (0), Paulatem

• 1887 » Donie Bush, American baseball player, manager, and team owner († 1972)
• 1887 » Ping Bodie, American baseball player († 1961)
• 1888 » Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist and author († 1964)
• 1889 » Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines († 1966)
• 1889 » R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian engineer († 1983)
• 1890 » Eddie Rickenbacker, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1973)
• 1890 » Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist († 1971)
• 1890 » Snuffy Browne, Barbadian cricketer († 1964)
• 1892 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author († 1941)
• 1893 » Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer († 1965)

• 1869 » Franklin Pierce, American general, lawyer, and politician, 14th President of the United States (b. 1804)
• 1879 » Miguel Grau Seminario, Peruvian admiral (b. 1834)
• 1886 » Austin F. Pike, American lawyer and politician (b. 1819)
• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)

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.
• 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.
• September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
• 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 8, 1890 was about 12.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.