About the day » Sunday May 21, 1893Calender converter

• Aalbertje Woudenberg, Veen
• Adriaantje Klara Antje Maria de Jonge, rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Otto Scholten, Hoogeveen
• Anna Cornelia Schetters, Nieuwveen, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1893)
• Aleidia Cornelia Klapwijk, Krimpen aan de Lek
• Anna Wiersma, Opende, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1985)
• Albertje Woudenberg, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1933)
• Albertje Woudenberg, Nijkerk († 1933)
• Aartje van de Berg, Rheden, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Allegonda van Gils, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)

• Antonie Cornelis Houtappels (17), Bergeyk, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Brands (36), Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Amanda Wiebrecht (1), Groningen
• Barend Mozes Slagter (69), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Alberts Moes (65)
• Bartholomeus Wietzema (44), Achtkarspelen, Fr, Nederland
• Antje Honderdors (25), Landsmeer
• Andries Jacob Kluppel (78)
• Aaltje Hulsebosch (79), Kloosterveen
• Aagje Dooitses VAN DER MEER (32), Grouw (Idaarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands

• 1885 » Princess Sophie of Albania, (Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg) († 1936)
• 1893 » Arthur Carr, English cricketer († 1963)
• 1893 » Giles Chippindall, Australian public servant († 1969)
• 1895 » Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexican general, president (1934–1940) and father of Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas († 1970)
• 1898 » Armand Hammer, American physician and businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum († 1990)
• 1898 » Carl Johnson, American long jumper († 1932)
• 1898 » Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge († 1967)
• 1898 » John McLaughlin, American painter and translator († 1976)
• 1901 » Horace Heidt, American pianist, bandleader, and radio host († 1986)
• 1901 » Regina M. Anderson, Multiracial playwright and librarian († 1993)

• 1862 » John Drew, Irish-American actor and manager (b. 1827)
• 1879 » Arturo Prat, Chilean lawyer and commander (b. 1848)
• 1894 » Émile Henry, French anarchist (b. 1872)
• 1894 » August Kundt, German physicist and academic (b. 1839)
• 1895 » Franz von Suppé, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1901 » Joseph Olivier, French rugby player (b. 1874)
• 1911 » Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1915 » Leonid Gobyato, Russian general and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1919 » Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (b. 1853)
• 1920 » Venustiano Carranza, Mexican politician, 54th President of Mexico (b. 1859)

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 » U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USSBoston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
• 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.
• June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
• July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
• November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.

The temperature on May 21, 1893 was about 18.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.