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• Ada Nogueira Ferraz, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil († 1971)
• Albert Timmer, Olive Center, Ottawa, Mi († 1969)
• Anna de Bruin, Beemster, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adriana Johanna van Meel, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Middendorp, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1890)
• Alijda Willemina van Doorn, Amersfoort († 1936)
• Adrianus Theodorus van Gaalen, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1892)
• Albert William Marriner Colegate († 1965)
• Alphonse Ghislain Joseph Herbay, Rochefort, 5580, België († 1954)
• Adele Hickman, German Township, Grundy County, Iowa († 1975)

• Anna Catharina Carbo (54), Oss
• Baukje Halbes Noordman (83), Zwaagwesteinde, Nederland
• Anje Muller (41), Aduard
• Anje Kornelis Muller (41), Aduard
• adam van GENT (74), ginneken
• Arie van Kempen (84), Vlaardingen
• Anne Marie Lucie Witmaekers (68), Maastricht
• Anje Muller (41), Aduard
• Anna Maria Catharina Bertha Meelbergs (0), Herk-de-Stad, België
• Bastiaan Korteweg (5), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1882 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge († 1937)
• 1883 » Charles Sheeler, American photographer and painter († 1965)
• 1884 » Anna Vyrubova, Russian author († 1964)
• 1887 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1888 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1888 » Percy Kilbride, American actor († 1964)
• 1889 » Arthur Bowie Chrisman, American author († 1953)
• 1895 » Wilfrid Hamel, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Quebec City († 1968)
• 1896 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist († 1969)
• 1896 » Trygve Lie, Norwegian trade union leader and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations († 1968)

• 1831 » Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1849 » Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)

• 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 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
• June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
• July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
• August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
• September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
• October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.

The temperature on July 16, 1890 was about 23.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%.