About the day » Wednesday December 3, 1890Calender converter

• Alphonse THIENPONT, Ninove,9400,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1918)
• Albertha Francisca Johanna Kleine Staarman, Slagharen
• Arthur Aloys Baert, Koewacht
• Anna Adriana IJsselstein, Ijsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Molenaar, Hollum († 1971)
• * Adriana van Baarle
• Anna Maria Gerardina van Loenen, Rotterdam († 1891)
• MERTENS († 1967)
• Aagje Molenaar, Hollum († 1971)
• Abelita Croes, Aruba († 1966)

• Adrianus Kapitein (0), Terheijden
• Adriana Gommers (72), Teteringen, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Borst (27), Akersloot, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Borst (27), Akersloot
• Adrianus van der Weijden (21), Zaltbommel,5300,Gelderland,Nederland
• Anna Catherina Apers (0), Niel
• Abel Pieters Zuidhoff (71), Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertje Bartelds Winters (74), Hoogeveen
• Annigje Pieters de Wolf (65), Aengwirden(FR)
• Anna Brusselaars (11), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1883 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor († 1945)
• 1884 » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India († 1963)
• 1884 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation († 1965)
• 1886 » Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1978)
• 1887 » Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese general and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan († 1990)
• 1891 » Thomas Farrell, American general († 1967)
• 1894 » Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician († 1975)
• 1895 » Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychologist and psychoanalyst († 1982)
• 1895 » Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord († 1970)
• 1897 » William Gropper, American cartoonist and painter († 1977)

• 1876 » Samuel Cooper, American general (b. 1798)
• 1882 » Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
• 1888 » Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
• 1890 » Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1892 » Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
• 1902 » Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 » David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
• 1912 » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)

• 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.
• 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 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
• July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
• September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
• November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
• December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.

The temperature on December 3, 1890 was about 1.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.