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• Aagje Snijders, Maasdam, Hoekse Waard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Hendriks Drost, Ruinen
• Age Jager, Nieuweschoot († 1920)
• Adelina da Silva Tavares, Campos dos Goitacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1961)
• Aaltje Daanje, Muntendam († 1953)
• van den Bos († 1946)
• Aart Jan Kamphorst, Barneveld († 1893)
• Albert Jeuring, Noord Barge († 1963)
• Ada Kyser, fairfield township columbiana county ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1977)
• Adriaan Bartholomeus Jansen, Oosterhout

• Andries Johannes Wolters (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• van Es, Mijdrecht
• Alberta van Soest (74), Wageningen
• Anna Sophia Steensma (34), Witkopjes (Pretoria)
• Andreas Orlemans (65), Balen, België
• Anna Theresia Tavernier (83), Zevekote
• Anna Catharina Veenker (0), Horsten, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Barbara SIBENTHAL (71), Dordrecht
• Albert Klazes Duizendstra (0), Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Elich (0)

• 1885 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia († 1945)
• 1888 » Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic († 1972)
• 1891 » Bronislava Nijinska, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1972) name="Jöckle1995">Clemens Jöckle (1995). Encyclopedia of Saints. Alpine Fine Arts Collection. p.319. ISBN978-0-88168-226-7.</ref>
• 1891 » Storm Jameson, English journalist and author († 1986)
• 1891 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1896 » Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic († 1967)
• 1897 » Dennis Wheatley, English soldier and author († 1977)
• 1899 » S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka († 1959)
• 1900 » Dorothy Adams, American character actress († 1988)
• 1900 » Merlyn Myer, Australian philanthropist († 1982)

• 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
• 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
• 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Hendrika
6. Elisabeth
7. Wilhelmina
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Aaltje
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Neeltje
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 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 17 » Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
• April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
• May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
• July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
• September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
• November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.

The temperature on January 8, 1893 was about -4.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.