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• Adriana Anna Melker, Zijpe
• Hagen († 1890)
• Adrianus van Leeuwen, Gouda († 1960)
• Gerben Alberts Slottje, utingeradeel
• Adriana Harrewijn, Rotterdam († 1898)
• Anna Johanna Petronella van Tuijn, Velp
• Alexander van Staveren, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Maria Lambertus Moosen, Maastricht († 1895)
• Adriaantje van Pel, Westmaas, Cromstrijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Andries van Vlaanderen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Adriaan Hubertus Frederik Gerretsen (0), Utrecht
• Agnes Bianca Clementine Pückler van Schedlau (75)
• Christina Antonia Henriëtte Hopman (4), Oegstgeest
• Catharina van der Veen (6), Beerzerveld
• Catharina Johanna Broeders (0), Terheijden, Noord Brabant
• Berend Vuurreve (54), Haarlo (Borculo)
• Hagen (0)
• Adrianus Hubertus Frederik (kind) Gerretsen (0), Leidscheweg L 13, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annigje Wiegers Dam (24)
• Coenraad Jansen (62), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1879 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous († 1950)
• 1880 » Earle Page, Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia († 1961)
• 1881 » Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1882 » Ladislas Starevich, Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer († 1965)
• 1884 » Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator († 1933)
• 1889 » Hans Egede Budtz, Danish actor († 1968)
• 1889 » Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer († 1977)
• 1891 » Adolf Busch, German violinist and composer († 1952)
• 1896 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic († 1953)
• 1898 » Marguerite Bise, French chef († 1965)

• 1863 » Angus MacAskill, Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
• 1887 » Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1920 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)

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 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
• April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
• April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
• July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
• October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
• December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.

The temperature on August 8, 1890 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%.