About the day » Saturday February 22, 1890Calender converter

• Adrianus Auguste(ij)n, Rilland Bath, Zeeland, Nederland NED
• Adriaan den Besten, Noordeloos († 1928)
• Aaltje SCHUIL, Leek Groningen Netherlands († 1974)
• Albertus Arnoldus Derksen, Huissen († 1967)
• Afke van der Meulen, Workum († 1975)
• Aleida Scholten, Beek gem Montferland († 1950)
• Dijkkamp, Apeldoorn († 1969)
• Adriaan HAGESTEIJN, Rilland,Z († 1971)
• van Ingen, Amerongen († 1890)
• * Wilhelmina Schakenraad, Den Dungen († 1950)

• Adam IJssel de Schepper (77), Boemendaal
• ? ? (47)
• Klopman (0), Ugchelen, gemeente Apeldoorn
• Aagtje Meijne (74), Akersloot
• Adriana de FEIJTER (0), Axel
• Agatha Johanna Peek (0), Bunnik
• Grol (0), Wedde
• Abraham David Godschalk (58), Deventer
• Aafke Bouwesd Bouma (69), Tietjerksteradeel =Bergum, fr.nld
• Adam IJssel de Schepper (77), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL

• 1883 » Marguerite Clark, American actress († 1940)
• 1886 » Hugo Ball, German author and poet († 1927)
• 1887 » Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer († 1933)
• 1887 » Savielly Tartakower, Polish journalist, author, and chess player († 1956)
• 1888 » Owen Brewster, American captain and politician, 54th Governor of Maine († 1961)
• 1889 » Olave Baden-Powell, English scout leader, founded the Girl Guides († 1977)
• 1889 » R. G. Collingwood, English historian and philosopher († 1943)
• 1891 » Vlas Chubar, Russian economist and politician († 1939)
• 1892 » Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright († 1950)
• 1895 » Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician († 1979)

• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

• 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 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
• 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 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
• November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
• December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.

The temperature on February 22, 1890 was about 2.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.