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• "Karl Eberhard" Maximilian Maria von Moÿ de Sons, München, Bayern, Allemagne († 1950)
• LUTEN, Bendersche, gemeente Ruinen
• Alida van Dijk, Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Pieters Kuiken, St. Annaparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 1959)
• Alida van Dijk, Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Vis, Amsterdam
• Anne Knutsdatter Strype, Strype, Sør-Fron, Oppland († 1962)
• Velting, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert P. Weigand, Lombard Hotel
• Adrianus Lambertus Simons, Beek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1904)

• Adriana van Etten (40), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Brom (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dominica Dorothea Piessens (87), Koewacht, Axel, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Adelheid van Leerodt (75)
• Dirkje van Beem (74), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Barbara Rabouw (82), Gouda
• Antonia Hermes (66), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christiaan Willem van 't Hoff (van 't Hof) (65), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Aart Hulleman (0), Heerde, Nederland
• Antonia Hermens (66), Oss

• 1886 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright († 1964)
• 1887 » Rupert Brooke, English poet († 1915)
• 1890 » Konstantin Melnikov, Russian architect, designed the Rusakov Workers' Club († 1974)
• 1894 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster († 1951)
• 1895 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English politician († 1942)
• 1896 » Ralph Horween, American football player and coach († 1997)
• 1899 » Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver († 1979)
• 1900 » Ernie Pyle, American soldier and journalist († 1945)
• 1900 » John T. Scopes, American educator († 1970)
• 1901 » John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician († 1995)

• 1866 » Gábor Klauzál, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1804)
• 1867 » Philipp August Böckh, German historian and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1877 » William B. Ogden, American businessman and politician, 1st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1879 » Joseph Severn, English painter (b. 1793)
• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)

• 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 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
• April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
• July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
• September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
• September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
• November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.

The temperature on August 3, 1890 was about 15.1 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.