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• Adrianus van Tilburg, Halsteren († 1941)
• Adrianus Jacobus Spaas, Hamont (B) († 1976)
• Aleida HAARING, Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1988)
• Aaltje Maria Loozen, Lage Zwaluwe († 1979)
• Aaltje (Jans) Dam, Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland († 1971)
• Aaltje Maria Loose, Hoge en lage Zwaluwe
• Aleida Haaring (Haarink), Hengelo
• Albertje Bosma, Smilde († 1991)
• Alida Jacoba Johanna van der Poel, Charlois († 1959)
• Oor, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1893)

• Anna Catharina Gisius (78), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Barbera Franses Kolbeek (47), Groningen
• Adrianus van Andel (44), Eethen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aloijsius Arnoldus Franken (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Helzen (69), Sevenum, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus van Andel (44), Eethen, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Antoon Helsen (69)
• Amandus Verreckt (86), Veerle, 2431, België
• Anna Geertruida Prosee (77), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Susanna Hamelink (0), Axel

• 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)
• 1902 » Georgette Heyer, English author († 1974)

• 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. 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.
• August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
• August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
• 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 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 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
• November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.

The temperature on August 16, 1893 was about 23.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%.