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• Aafke Alieda Schoonbeek, Woldendorp, Termunten († 1890)
• (-M- Bij geboorte gestorven) Stijf, Heerde, Nederland († 1890)
• Adrianus Vissere, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1963)
• Adriana de Jong, Scheveningen († 1950)
• Ale Jacobs Pijlman, Oldeboorn († 1968)
• Van Eersel Cornelius Lodewijk, Merksplas, Antwerpen, België († 1968)
• Adriana Josina Gieselbach, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1890)
• Adrianus van Es, Haarlem, Nederland
• Aletta Timmer, Maarsseveen († 1980)
• Adrianus van Dijk, Pernis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)

• Adriana Wilhelmina Bakker (70), Amsterdam
• Apolonia van Eijk (39), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Adriana Verhoeven (64), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertje Blok (0), Egmond aan Zee (gem. Bergen, NH)
• Anthonie Lagerweij (80), Vianen
• Anna Maria Vanhelmont (65), Boutersem
• Bastiaantje van Geldere (31), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Lazeron (67), Kampen
• Anna Maria PINXTEREN (37), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Dorenbos (23), Cook County (Illinois, USA)

• 1879 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist († 1952)
• 1880 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German-Swiss painter († 1938)
• 1880 » Winifred Brunton, English-South African painter and illustrator († 1959)
• 1883 » Alberto Collo, Italian actor († 1955)
• 1895 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture († 1946)
• 1895 » Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author († 1974)
• 1895 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor († 1926)
• 1896 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic († 1966)
• 1897 » Paul Alverdes, German author and poet († 1979)
• 1898 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician († 1945)

• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)

• 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.
• 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.
• September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
• October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
• October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
• November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.

The temperature on May 6, 1890 was about 16.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.