About the day » Tuesday December 16, 1890Calender converter

• Agnes Borgman, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 1986)
• Annetje Kapteijn, Hoorn, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Adrianus Martinus Rijkers, Mierlo († 1891)
• Ambroos Gadeyne, Merkem († 1982)
• Adriana de Graauw, Hedel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Welgraven, Bennekom (Ede) († 1890)
• Anna Maria van den Brand, Alphen en Riel
• ANTOINETTE DOROTHEE NOPP, LIEGE
• Adrianus Bronwasser, Sliedrecht
• van Gorkum, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland

• Antonetta van den Hurk (2), Tiel (G)
• aartje BARENDREGT (1), heinenoord
• Welgraven (0), Bennekom (Ede)
• Anna Maria EVERS (73), Genk (Limburg) (B)
• Albertus van Zuuk (77), Epe
• Antje Kuiper (13)
• Antje Baks (0), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• * Cornelia Tas (78), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Van Reusel (54), Olen, België
• Andries Jans de Haan (77), Eestrum

• 1882 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist († 1963)
• 1883 » Károly Kós, Hungarian-Romanian architect, ethnologist, and politician († 1977)
• 1883 » Max Linder, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1925)
• 1884 » John Gunn, Australian politician, 29th Premier of South Australia († 1959)
• 1884 » Seibo Kitamura, Japanese sculptor († 1987)
• 1888 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia († 1934)
• 1888 » Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general († 1967)
• 1889 » Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader († 1930)
• 1895 » Marie Hall Ets, American author and illustrator († 1984)
• 1896 » Anna Anderson, an imposter who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia († 1984)

• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)

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 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.
• April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
• July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
• October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
• December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.

The temperature on December 16, 1890 was about -11.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.