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• Aleida Juliana Sieberts, Blesdijke, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1920)
• Abraham Bernardus Hendrikus Ockeloen, Utrecht († 1960)
• Alta Mae Hancock, Pinedale, Navajo, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 1929)
• de Laat, Tilburg
• Aleida Willemina van de Kleut, Hoenderloo
• Alicia Emma Vanmassenhove, Oostende († 1963)
• Agatha Petronella Kok, nieuwveen († 1965)
• Amelia Andrea Joanna Adriana van Agtmael, Esschen (B), België († 1949)
• Alphonse Allgeyer, Ludlow, Kenton, Kentucky, United States († 1915)
• Alida van Schagen, Amsterdam († 1966)

• Adriana van Lis (26), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Stas (19), Geldrop
• Aaltje Bollebakker (38), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Anna van Driel (67), Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Megtildis Wouters (65), Banholt, Limburg, Netherlands
• Andries van Assen (64)
• Aagje Valen (18), Dubbeldam
• Annigje Oort (55)
• de Laat (0), Tilburg
• Anthoinette (Antonetta) Bernardina Hagedoorn (71), Leiden

• 1885 » Harry Ricardo, English engineer and academic († 1974)
• 1885 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician († 1959)
• 1887 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic († 1968)
• 1887 » François Faber, French-Luxembourgian cyclist († 1915)
• 1887 » Marc Mitscher, American admiral and pilot († 1947)
• 1891 » August Froehlich, German priest and martyr († 1942)
• 1891 » Frank Costello, Italian-American mob boss († 1973)
• 1891 » Wilder Penfield, American-Canadian neurosurgeon and academic († 1976)
• 1892 » Bessie Coleman, American pilot († 1926)
• 1893 » Giuseppe Genco Russo, Italian mob boss († 1976)

• 1869 » Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)
• 1870 » Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)
• 1885 » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)
• 1885 » Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)
• 1886 » David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1887 » Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)
• 1891 » Nicolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)
• 1893 » Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)
• 1904 » Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Hendrik
4. Cornelis
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Hendrika
7. Catharina
8. Wilhelmina
9. Adriana
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Jacoba
14. Geertruida
15. Trijntje
16. Petronella

• 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.
• February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
• May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
• May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
• August 24 » Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
• October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.
• December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

The temperature on January 26, 1891 was about 2.5 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.