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• Alberdina Siebelink, Ambt Doetinchem († 1941)
• Anna Theodora Hendrika Cornelia Oomen, Arnhem
• Anna Theodora Benning, Neuenkirchen, Duitsland
• Adriana Withaar, De Bilt († 1942)
• Albertus Johannes Vermeulen, Asch (Buren) († 1892)
• Albertus Johannes Vermeulen, Asch (Buren) († 1892)
• Alberta Meijer, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus MARKUS, Nieuwe Tonge
• Ada Gijsberta Huijzer, Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Alida Johanna Theresia Takx, Ossendrecht, Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Anna Petronella van der Kerff (46), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Albert Harms Booy (68), Hoogeveen nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Leget (0), Leiden
• Antonie Peters (0), Wormen, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Albert Harms Booij (68), Slood / Hoogeveen
• Anna Dekker, den (82), Almkerk
• Allegonda van den Broek (32), Waalre
• Aloijsa Maria (Louise) van Riet (68), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Booij (68), Hoogeveen nederland
• Anne Stobbe (0), Hardegarijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1874 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1955)
• 1877 » Ettie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist († 1936)
• 1877 » Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor († 1972)
• 1885 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral († 1966)
• 1885 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter († 1939)
• 1890 » Marjorie Main, American actress († 1975)
• 1896 » Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer († 1983)
• 1900 » Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy († 1981)
• 1903 » Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright († 1967)

• 1856 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)

• 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.
• February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
• March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
• April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
• May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
• December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

The temperature on February 24, 1891 was about 10.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.