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• Adriana Soeters, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert DU BOIS, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1942)
• Abraham Rekers, Enschede
• Adrianus de Klerk, Roosendaal († 1965)
• Westerhoff, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Akke Rinzes Herder, Smallingerland († 1898)
• Adriana Soeters, Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Brocatus, Roosendaal
• Adrianus Jacobus de BRUIJN, Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1975)
• Adrianus Boshoven, Dordrecht († 1956)

• Adriana Helena Vogelaar (81), Dinteloord
• ANNA MARIA TEUNEN, Halle
• Alberdina Katgert (26), Welsum, Olst
• Adrianus Dirksen (80)
• Adriana Pieterse Vogelaar (81), Dinteloord
• Aletta Johanna Nagtegaal (65), Utrecht
• Abraham William Livermore (80), Oto, Woodbury, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Emile Ghislain Joseph MATTHIEU (42), Bruxelles, 21004, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Anna Maria Josephina Wilhelmina Arnold (63), Baarn (Utrecht NL)
• Anna Coleta Pittevils (55), Rillaar

• 1887 » Josef Frings, German cardinal († 1978)
• 1890 » James McGirr, Australian politician, 28th Premier of New South Wales († 1957)
• 1890 » Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician († 1988)
• 1892 » Maximilian Fretter-Pico, German general († 1984)
• 1892 » William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1893 » Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Pakistani politician and diplomat, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pakistan († 1985)
• 1894 » Eric Partridge, New Zealand-English lexicographer and academic († 1979)
• 1894 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master († 1974)
• 1895 » María Teresa Vera, Cuban singer, guitarist and composer († 1965)
• 1895 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician († 1953)

• 1865 » Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1874)
• 1899 » Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
• 1902 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
• May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
• July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
• August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
• December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

The temperature on February 6, 1891 was about 3.4 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.