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• Albert Kootstra
• Adrianus Cornelis Baghus, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Johannes HOPSTAKEN, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1967)
• Aglaë Karoline Margarete Maria Johanna Marcella von Schönburg-Hartenstein, Bratislava, Slowakische Republik († 1965)
• Adrianus van Breugel, Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1895)
• Achiel Jozef Gorré, Wetteren-ten-Ede († 1941)
• Aglae Caroline Margaretha Maria Johanna Marcella Prinses van Schönburg-Hartenstein, Bratislava (Pressburg), Slowakije († 1965)
• Adrianus Johannes Stolker, Montfoort Utr († 1936)
• Adriaantje den Hartigh, Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Drenth, Valthermond, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1974)

• Abraham Buijs (64), Arneuiiden
• Adriana Petronella van Rijswijk (0), Tilburg
• Andreas VAN SOEST (61), Gennep, Limburg, Netherlands
• Mikmak (0), Rotterdam
• Adriana Hertrooijs (74), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Franciscus De Vliegher (0), Bergen op Zoom
• Alida Maria Elsabeth (1) Swen (1), Amsterdam
• Adriana Engelen (33), Leeuwarden
• "Oscar" Josephus Dewaelsche (0), Langemark, 8920, Poelkapelle, West Vlaanderen
• Allegonda Schoute (84), Waspik, Waalwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

• 1885 » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author and translator († 1967)
• 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)
• 1892 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist († 1949)
• 1893 » Daisy Kennedy, Australian-English violinist († 1981)
• 1894 » Irving Mills, American publisher († 1985)
• 1895 » Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician († 1947)
• 1895 » Nat Schachner, American lawyer, chemist, and author († 1955)
• 1895 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1966)
• 1897 » Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic († 1977)
• 1898 » Margaret Booth, American producer and editor († 2002)

• 1865 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)

• 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.
• April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
• May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
• August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
• October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

The temperature on January 16, 1891 was about -6.2 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.