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• Adriana Maria Boele, Charlois (Gem. Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1947)
• Adriaan Cornelia Maria Heerkens, Tilburg († 1975)
• Adrianus Johannes van Loon, Helmond († 1891)
• Alexander Reens, Amsterdam (NL) († 1938)
• Ada M Campbell, Turtle Creek, Shelby, Ohio, United States († 1976)
• Adriana Maria van SPEIJBROECK, Ginneken en Bavel
• Aleida Segbers, Heino, Nederland († 1891)
• Adrianus Johannes Boss, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1946)
• Aaltje Kroek, Beerzerveld
• Albert Lambert († 1978)

• Adrianus Adrianusz Struve (55), Beverwijk
• Antonius Lucian Teurlings (0), Tilburg
• Adriaan de Bruijn (51), Giessen Nieuwkerk
• Antonia Martens (59), Gemert
• Arie DE RAAD (62), Grand View,Douglas,South Dakota, Verenigde Staten
• Aart Plakke (77), Nunspeet
• Adrianus Streuven (55), Beverwijk
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Josephus Spaas (50), Hamont (B)
• Adriana van Breukelen (65), Gouda
• ?? Maltha (0), Schiedam

• 1881 » Mary Carson Breckinridge, American nurse midwife, founded Frontier Nursing Service († 1965)
• 1887 » Joseph Bech, Luxembourgian lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1975)
• 1887 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic († 1947)
• 1888 » Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1969)
• 1890 » Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist († 1962)
• 1891 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic († 1965)
• 1893 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist († 1965)
• 1899 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author († 1954)
• 1900 » Ruth Clifford, American actress († 1998)
• 1903 » Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator († 1951)

• 1849 » María de las Mercedes Barbudo, Puerto Rican political activist, the first woman Independentista in the island (b. 1773)
• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
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.
• January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
• March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
• May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
• 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 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
• October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

The temperature on February 17, 1891 was about -1.2 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.