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• Afke Siebes Jellesma, Doniawerstal, Friesland, Nederland († 1984)
• Albert Schreuder, Veendam († 1983)
• Kuiken, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1890)
• * Hendrik van Lunteren, de Bilt
• Age Tjeerds van der Linde, Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexander Bernard Weisent, Ohio, United States († 1960)
• Adriana Maria Schrauwen, Breda († 1891)
• Adrianus Gerrit Kühlmann, amsterdam (noord holland) († 1892)
• Alex Julius Walther NELLEN, Fischeln, Krefeld, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1969)
• Adriaan Mols, Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1955)

• Anna Catharina Jespers (76), Baardegem
• (62), Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonia Apolonia Roodenrijs (69), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Apolonia Rodenrijs (69), Delft,-
• Abraham Gerardus Heijkoop (74), Drongelen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Adriaan Roth (1)
• Anna Maria Vaessen (70), Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Mulders (0), Hedel, prov. Gelderland
• Anne WERNET (65), Behren-lès-Forbach, Moselle, Grand Est, France
• Anna Maria de Lepper (66), Schijndel

• 1877 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and geneticist († 1947)
• 1878 » Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor († 1936)
• 1885 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal († 1953)
• 1885 » Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1887 » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1889 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist († 1976)
• 1893 » Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1988)
• 1893 » Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher († 1934)
• 1895 » Anita Stewart, American actress († 1961)
• 1901 » Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance († 1989)

• 1862 » Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1787)
• 1864 » Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (b. 1787)
• 1871 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (b. 1797)
• 1873 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
• 1891 » Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (b. 1849)
• 1897 » Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)
• 1919 » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1920 » Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)

• 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.
• January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
• April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
• June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
• September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
• December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.

The temperature on February 7, 1890 was about 1.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.