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• Achiel Pieter Depoortere, Rumbeke († 1970)
• Aafje VERSLUIS, Langerak
• Adriana Maria Smalheer, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1893)
• A Pin Jong A pin, China
• Andre Norbertus Eduardus Marie Beyst, Gent Belgie
• Alice Rutledge Ward, Prospect Hill Plantation, Georgetown, South Carolina († 1982)
• Adriana Cornelia Versloot, Sliedrecht († 1972)
• Adrianus Antonisz Kok de, Wijk en Aalburg
• Adriaan Gerritsen, Gouda
• Aaltje Wildenboer, Zwartewaal

• Alexander Stanislau Graaf Orlovsky (76), Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
• Antonetta Maria van Kessel (0)
• Anna Mathilda Pepels (41), Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antoinetta Maria van Kessel (0)
• Andries Andriesz Koopmans (53), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van de Nesse (81), Willebroek
• Anselmus Joachim de Bruijn (61), Raamsdonkveer
• Antonia Voskuijlen (63), Barneveld
• Anselmus Joachim de Bruijn (61), Raamsdonk
• Antonia Voskuijlen (63), De Glind

• 1888 » Georgios Stanotas, Greek general († 1965)
• 1889 » Charles Bickford, American actor († 1967)
• 1890 » Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic († 1966)
• 1891 » Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan († 1969)
• 1892 » Mahadev Desai, Indian author and activist († 1942)
• 1892 » Manuel Roxas, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines († 1948)
• 1893 » Mordechai Frizis, Greek colonel († 1940)
• 1894 » Edward Joseph Hunkeler, American clergyman († 1970)
• 1894 » Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist and mathematician († 1974)
• 1895 » J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation († 1972)

• 1862 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1881 » Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)

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.
• March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on January 1, 1893 was about -5.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.