About the day » Friday April 29, 1892Calender converter

• Andrew Henderson McGee, Cecil, Franklin, Arkansas, United States († 1936)
• * Petronella Philomena Hendrika Wientjens, Boxmeer († 1955)
• Adriana van den BERG, Princenhage (N.Br. Nl) († 1972)
• Annie Mai Finch, Cheatham, Tennessee, United States († 1988)
• Aaltje Veurink († 1973)
• Antje Spits, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Anthonia Elisabeth Frederika Houtschild, 's Gravenhage († 1977)
• Antje Geertruida Reijntjes, Tolbert, Leek
• Albert Wilson Kauffman (cdofJJKaufman), Indiana († 1964)
• Achille Xavier Laridon, Izegem West-Vlaanderen

• Antonius Gerardus Klerx (36), Besoyen
• (76), Steenwijk
• Adriana Lans (36), Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Lans (36), Rotterdam Hillegersberg
• Arie de Waard (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Kats (33)
• Allegonda Roggema (74), Hellum, Groningen, Nederland
• alida margaretha hofstee (64), amsterdam
• Andries Jansz Leegwater (3), Broek op Langedijk
• Albertus Louwenaar (0), Leeuwarden

• 1885 » Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author († 1948)
• 1887 » Raymond Thorne, American swimmer († 1921)
• 1891 » Bharathidasan, Indian poet and activist († 1964)
• 1893 » Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1894 » Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic († 1970)
• 1895 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor († 1967)
• 1895 » Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic († 1970)
• 1899 » Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1974)
• 1899 » Mary Petty, American illustrator († 1976)
• 1900 » Concha de Albornoz, Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War († 1972)

• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)

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

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

• 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 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 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
• April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
• June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
• August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
• September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
• October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.

The temperature on April 29, 1892 was about 7.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.