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• Alice van Surksum († 1974)
• Adriana OELE, Kapelle, Zeeland, Nederland († 1942)
• Akke Pieters, Twijzel, Nederland († 1969)
• Aafje van der Werf, Emmen (Nw Dordrecht)
• Adrianus van Engelen, Waalwijk († 1963)
• Adrianus Geers, Roosendaal
• Anna Cornelia Hoefmans, Ginneken en Bavel († 1973)
• Alfons Johannes Laurens Sijlvester Bruns, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Lena Johanna PETRI, Amsterdam (Noord-Holland), Nederland († 1891)
• Adriana Koenegracht, Rotterdam

• Aaltje van Dijk (75), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Schoutsen (41), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Willem Jagt (0), Schoonoord Sleen Drenthe
• Adriaan Cornelis Koster (41), Colijnsplaat gem. Nrd. Beveland Zld. Nederland
• Albert Samsen (46), Hellendoorn
• Aagje Delver (79), Sint Pancras
• Adriana DORSMAN (73), Strijen
• Abby Mae Knox (12), Buffalo, Nebraska, United States
• Anna Pavert van de (82), Amersfoort Utrecht Netherlands
• Anna Maria Jans (74), Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

• 1878 » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. († 1966)
• 1878 » Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan-Argentinian author, poet, and playwright († 1937)
• 1880 » Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach († 1957)
• 1880 » George Marshall, American general and politician, 50th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate († 1959)
• 1881 » Max Pechstein, German painter and academic († 1955)
• 1884 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player († 1964)
• 1884 » Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter, and film director († 1960)
• 1885 » Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein († 1970)
• 1899 » Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor († 1940)
• 1901 » Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek educator and politician († 1954)

• 1872 » Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author and playwright (b. 1834)
• 1876 » Catherine Labouré, French nun and saint (b. 1806)
• 1877 » Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1819)
• 1888 » Samson Raphael Hirsch, German rabbi and scholar (b. 1808)
• 1889 » George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1909 » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)

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.
• June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
• December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
• December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
• December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.

The temperature on December 31, 1890 was about -12.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.