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• Os, van, Rotterdam Zhl. NL († 1890)
• Everdina Tonkens
• Adrietta Maria Treebusch, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Leeuwen, ,, Hellevoetsluis, Nederland
• Adriaan Cornelis KoppenOl, Tholen ZL
• Albertus Johannes van Dijk, Zeist
• Albertus Fredericus Alphonsus Oostermeijer, Amsterdam, NH, Nederland († 1959)
• Alberdina Dol, Den Helder († 1982)
• Abeltje Pentinga, Borgsweer gem. Termunten, Groningen, Nederland († 1963)
• Agnete Marie Johnsdatter, Støtt, Meløy, Nordland, Norge († 1973)

• Christianus Schuffelen (Schoffelen) (57), Vorst DL
• van Eenennaam (0), Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland
• Os, van (0), Rotterdam Zhl. NL
• Benjamin Rush Floyd [Wks] (78), Gentry County, Missouri
• Anna Antonia van Es, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Albert Loots (42), Muntendam
• Carolus Muller (55), Amsterdam
• anthonius kaarsgaren (78), nijkerk
• Anna Theresia VANDEKERKHOVE, Brugge
• Antje Wytzes Hiemstra (55), Rottevalle, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1881 » Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician and academic († 1940)
• 1885 » George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1889 » Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic († 1979)
• 1891 » Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1968)
• 1893 » Alexander of Greece († 1920)
• 1894 » Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist († 1927)
• 1898 » Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director († 1980)
• 1899 » Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman († 1980)
• 1900 » Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player († 1965)
• 1901 » Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer († 1925)

• 1863 » Jind Kaur Majarani (Regent) of the Sikh Empire (b. 1817)
• 1866 » John Ross, American tribal chief (b. 1790)
• 1869 » Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
• 1869 » Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)

• 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 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
• October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.

The temperature on August 1, 1890 was about 19.9 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.