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• Adam Casper Durville, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1969)
• Albertina Watjou († 1974)
• ALBERT JOZEF GOVAERT, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Anne Jans de Groot, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Knapen, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1918)
• Anna Catharina Knapen, Deurne († 1918)
• Adriana de BORST, Waddinxveen († 1890)
• Aafje Catharina Mens, Den Helder († 1890)
• Anne de Groot, Appelscha, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands († 1948)
• Christiaens, Kortrijk (W-VL) België († 1968)

• Antonia Zonhoven (29), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Armand Louis Joseph Lamarque (48), Tournai, 7500, Hainaut, Belgique
• Anthonia Everaert (0), Mechelen
• Catharina Gorissen, Princenhage N.B
• Antonia Godefrida Gerarda Maria Kerste (8), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Derk Jan Hermsen (18), Rheden
• Antje Buijkema (71), Oudeschild (Texel, NH)
• Cornelis Nieuwland (43), Wieringerwaard, Nederland
• Arij Verboom (75), Schiedam
• Catharina Gorissen (64), Princenhage, Nederland

• 1881 » Edgar Guest, English-American poet and author († 1959)
• 1884 » Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg († 1976)
• 1885 » Dino Campana, Italian poet and author († 1932)
• 1886 » Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian († 1965)
• 1887 » Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and scholar († 1959)
• 1888 » Tôn Đức Thắng, Vietnamese politician, 2nd President of Vietnam († 1980)
• 1890 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, novelist († 1937)
• 1896 » Gostha Pal, Indian footballer († 1976)
• 1897 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet († 1970)
• 1898 » Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian, journalist, author, and playwright († 1973)

• 1859 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)
• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
• 1887 » Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)

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 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
• April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
• August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
• September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
• September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
• November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.

The temperature on August 20, 1890 was about 18.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.