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• Anna Vugs († 1940)
• Aleida Geertruida Witbroek, Hengelo († 1914)
• Adrianus Woutherus Walter Adrian, Rotterdam († 1986)
• Jacob Wachtmeester, Krakeel (Hoogeveen)
• Anna Maria Jacobs, Hilversum
• Albert Vredenberg, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• . Keim, Breda
• Achille Camiel Decloedt, Ruddervoorde
• Dankers, Hoogeloon
• Annechien Hummel, Vries, Drenthe, Nederland († 1983)

• Anna (Antje) van Paassen (18), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Anna M. Schalenbourg (43), Heers, België
• Anna Geertrui Walburgis Kleemann (( 31 )) (74), Barger-Compascuum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andries Wilhelmus Kleisterlee (74), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Alberdina Mennink (66), Haaksbergen
• Andries Andreas KLEISTERLEE (74), Nijmegen
• Andries Klingen (68), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Walburgis Kleeman (Clemens) (74), BCompascuum Dr Neth
• Alma Bailey Dunford Jr (17), USA
• Alfred Stephen Bosworth (75), New York, United States

• 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)
• 1892 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist († 1949)
• 1893 » Daisy Kennedy, Australian-English violinist († 1981)
• 1894 » Irving Mills, American publisher († 1985)
• 1895 » Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician († 1947)
• 1895 » Nat Schachner, American lawyer, chemist, and author († 1955)
• 1895 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1966)
• 1897 » Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic († 1977)
• 1898 » Irving Rapper, American film director and producer († 1999)
• 1898 » Margaret Booth, American producer and editor († 2002)

• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
• 1919 » Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Brazil (b. 1848)

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.
• April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
• July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
• 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.
• August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
• 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.
• December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

The temperature on January 16, 1893 was about -8.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.