About the day » Saturday August 23, 1890Calender converter

• Alida Ficke, Harlingen, Fr, Nederland († 1968)
• Adrianus Koenraadt, Halsteren († 1891)
• Angèle Henriette Marie Thérése Peerboom, Maastricht
• Petrus Marinus Baten, Oud en Nieuw Gastel († 1974)
• Anna Jelles Reidsma, Parrega, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1977)
• Agatha Mathilda van Heiningen, Schiedam († 1938)
• Albert Mol, Hollandscheveld († 1918)
• André Louis LESPINASSE, Paris,75000,Paris,Île-De-France,FRANCE
• Alma Estvoline Bryne, Barnes, North Dakota, United States († 1980)
• Anna Cornelia van Bergen, Steenbergen († 1959)

• Bessel Frens (41), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Gesina Eksel (79), Düneburg, Haren
• Arie Jan Bruins (2), Ruinen
• Antonia Geertruida Maria Van Vilsteren (27), Zwolle
• Clement Joseph FORREST (60), Ieper,8900,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie
• Anna Antonia de Bas (0), 's-Gevelduin-Capelle
• Catrinus Vennik (1), Kloosterveen
• Antonia Jacomina Wolters (2), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Berber Gerrits Hoekstra (52), Murmerwoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfred Asbery Spooner **** (61)

• 1880 » Alexander Grin, Russian sailor and author († 1932)
• 1883 » Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient († 1953)
• 1884 » Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1937)
• 1884 » Will Cuppy, American author and critic († 1949)
• 1890 » Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1971)
• 1891 » Roy Agnew, Australian pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1894 » John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier († 1959)
• 1897 » Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist († 1958)
• 1900 » Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator († 1991)
• 1900 » Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist († 2001)

• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 1900 » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
• 1926 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
• 1927 » Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (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.
• January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
• 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 26 » In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
• August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
• October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.

The temperature on August 23, 1890 was about 17.6 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.