About the day » Sunday May 4, 1890Calender converter

• Abraham Poldervaart, Nieuwenhoorn
• Aafje VAN DUYN, Castricum († 1982)
• Ale Soolsma, Harlingen († 1898)
• Annigje Everdina van der Graaf, Avereest († 1912)
• Adam "Yeigmond" Pawlowski "Pawloski", Michigan († 1943)
• Albertje Bos († 1891)
• Anna Maria Anastasia Doms, Heffen († 1894)
• Anna Catharina Hillegonda Ariaantje Klerk, Broek in Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafje van Duijn, Castricum († 1982)
• Adriana Hendrika Limburg, Delft

• Abraham de Jong (50)
• Anna Minjon (0), Utrecht
• Alida (Alberta) Catharina Monde (58), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriaan van der Vate (25), Zoutelande, Zeeland, NL
• Pieter ter Avest (62), Zwolle
• Anna Maria Bekkers Beckers (21), Venlo
• Aartje van den Dolewaard (1), Willeskop
• Anna Cornelia Rijvers (86), Wortel
• Anna Mathilda Overdijk (41), Batavia, West-Java, Nederlands-Indië
• Aaltje Huizinga (1), Oldehove,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1883 » Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician († 1944)
• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)
• 1902 » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)
• 1903 » Luther Adler, American actor († 1984)
• 1903 » Paul Demel, Czech actor († 1951)
• 1905 » Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)

• 1859 » Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771)
• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)

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.
• March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
• April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
• July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
• August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
• September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
• December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.

The temperature on May 4, 1890 was about 11.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.