About the day » Tuesday January 31, 1893Calender converter

• Aleida Hendrika (Da) Severijn, Zwolle
• Aaltje aan het ROT, Olst († 1952)
• * Leonardus van der Ven, Vlijmen († 1925)
• Albertha Jannetje De Zeeuw, Rotterdam, Nederland
• Andreas ten Cate, (D) Gronau († 1909)
• Adeleine Slicht, Alkmaar, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Willem Karel Juliaan Hondius, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• albertha jannetje de ZEEUW, rotterdam
• Anna Georgina Margaretha Maria van Dieren Bijvoet, Utrecht († 1968)
• Aaltje Rigtina Plinsinga, Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland († 1954)

• Adam Havik (77), Stompwijk
• Adriaaan de Visser (50), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bijl (0), Rotterdam
• Albert Willem Koldewe (39), Eefde
• Anne Marie Wainwright (51), Haining, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Adriana van den Hoven (56), Drunen
• Adamus Meijler (78), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland, Nederland
• Abraham de Heus (77), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Willem Koldeweij (39), Eefde,Gemeente Lochem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Beerens (0), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1884 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician, 1st President of The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan († 1955)
• 1884 » Theodor Heuss, German journalist and politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1963)
• 1889 » Frank Foster, English cricketer († 1958)
• 1892 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer († 1964)
• 1894 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1956)
• 1896 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian († 1966)
• 1900 » Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector († 1982)
• 1902 » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded White Spot († 1978)
• 1902 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress († 1968)

• 1844 » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)
• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)

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 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
• 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.
• June 13 » Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
• June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
• December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.

The temperature on January 31, 1893 was about 5.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.