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• Mingaars, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hermens (Janssen), Afferden (Siebengewald), Limburg, Nederland, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna Voet, Houten (Utrecht) († 1947)
• Alberta Antonia Peperkamp, Hernen (gemeente Bergharen) († 1891)
• Anthonius Marinus van der Linden, Gouda
• Adrianus Wilhelmus van Achthoven, Amsterdam
• Anna Hamburger, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Adriana Jozina van Moort, Axel († 1890)
• Alma Hestermann († 1892)
• Anna Maria Gesina Rass, De Maten, Nederland († 1961)

• Bernardus Johannes de Jongh (0), Arnhem
• Berend Doeve (0), Terwolde
• Barbe HERINCKX (75), Willebroek (B)
• Anna Margaretha SEGERS (1), Beegden,Limbourg,PAYS BAS
• Barbara Agnis Hoogland (91), Putten
• Antje Schoonderwaldt (3), Midlum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Cornelis de Man (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Margaretha Wilhelmina * Heuving (3), (DR) Zwartemeer
• Andries Coumans (52), Baexem
• Anna Arnold (60), Edwards, St Lawrence, New York, Verenigde Staten

• 1881 » George E. Wiley, American cyclist († 1954)
• 1882 » Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet († 1960)
• 1885 » George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor († 1969)
• 1889 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel († 1943)
• 1891 » Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist († 1988)
• 1892 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer († 1982)
• 1892 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia († 1980)
• 1893 » Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager († 1985)
• 1896 » Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player († 1992)
• 1899 » Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic († 1998)

• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)

• 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 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
• September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
• October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
• November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
• November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
• December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.

The temperature on May 7, 1890 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.