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• Anna Maria van den Berg, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• amelia KLIJNSMIT, nieuw-beijerland († 1977)
• Aaltje Brouwer, Noordbroek († 1986)
• Adrianus Zandbergen, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1892)
• Adrianus Noordermeer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert CASTELAIN, Rollegem († 1961)
• Adriaantje Brandsma, Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Storm, Bergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alice Schneider, Illinois († 1954)
• Alida van Opstal, Pijnacker,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1968)

• Berendina Johanna Bindels (0), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonie van Duren (51), Alblasserdam
• Anne Joseph GILLET (54), SPA, Liège, Belgique
• Adriana van Bodegom (0), Spijkenisse
• Anna Maria Schmitjans (64), Altenberge, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Alida Paulina Janssen (Jansen) (1), Charlois
• Adrianus Weyts (69), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Steenvoorden (0), Amsterdam, Sloten, NH, Nederland
• Casimirus Houtmeyers (43)
• Adrianus Johannes Steenvoorden (0), Sloten

• 1882 » Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player († 1968)
• 1884 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher († 1967)
• 1888 » Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1943)
• 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)
• 1892 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator († 1982)
• 1892 » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat († 1983)
• 1894 » George Meany, American plumber and labor leader († 1980)
• 1895 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright († 1981)
• 1895 » Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer († 2000)
• 1900 » Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist († 1976)

• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)

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.
• May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
• July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
• August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
• September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
• October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
• October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.

The temperature on August 16, 1892 was about 19.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%.