About the day » Friday August 15, 1890Calender converter

• Anje Bultema, Usquert, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Anneveld, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1968)
• Alice May Richardson #7286*10 († 1960)
• Adrianus Theodorus Maria van Marwijk, Stompwijk
• Albertus van Sloten, Middelveen (Zuidwolde)
• Adella Pearl Harris, Howes Valley, New South Wales, Australia († 1956)
• Alphonsus Leon Delacourt, Oostkamp († 1891)
• Brouwers, Bergen op Zoom, Nederland († 1978)
• Aaltje de Bar, Apeldoorn († 1891)
• Alphonsus Amandus Leijs, Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1939)

• ADRIANUS NEDERSTIGT (90), RIJNSATERWOUDE
• Antonius de Vos (0), Den Haag
• Arie van Amerongen (77), Eck en Wiel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Theodorus Peperkamp (0), Nijmegen
• Arie Gillis van den Berg (18), Leiden
• Barteld Alberts Kloeze (67), Dikninge (De Wijk)
• Bernardina Wilhelmina Overwater (0), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Ari√´n van AMERONGEN (77), Maurik (Gelderland, The Netherlands)
• Akke Douwes Woelinga (65), Murmerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Schutters (67), Ruurlo, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1883 » Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect († 1962)
• 1885 » Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1968)
• 1886 » Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer († 1974)
• 1890 » Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator († 1962)
• 1892 » Abraham Wachner, New Zealand politician, 35th Mayor of Invercargill († 1950)
• 1892 » Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1893 » Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic († 1950)
• 1896 » Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate († 1985)
• 1896 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1896 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator († 1958)

• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

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 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.
• July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
• July 26 » In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
• July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
• September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
• October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.

The temperature on August 15, 1890 was about 16.4 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.