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• Adrianus Petrus van Lieshout, Helmond († 1935)
• Alida Johanna Christina Prins, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1893)
• Adrianus Wilbers, Bakel en Milheeze, Nederland
• Adriaantje van der Ent, schiedam (zuid holland)
• Albert Alexandre VANDEKERCKHOVE, Schorisse,9688,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1975)
• Aart Leendert Bouwmeester, Kralingen
• Lammigje Koopman, Hoogeveen
• Goosen, Rijssen († 1893)
• Adrianus Johannes Ribbens, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes RIBBENS, Bergen op Zoom († 1984)

• Albert (sib Lawrence Eli Odom) Odom(cd of Thomas Zellie Odom) (0)
• Antonius Hermans (51)
• Antje Vermeulen (31), Wieringen, Nederland
• Catharina Coleta Kerremans (62), Malderen, 1840, Vlaams-Brabant (B)
• Aaltje (Elbregt) Jansdochter MOOIJ (81)
• Antje Vermeulen (31), Wieringen
• Aletta de Heer (65), Vlaardingen (Gedempte Waal)
• Alida Johanna Christina Prins (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Hak, Drongelen
• Christoffel Vernooij (71), Kerkwijk

• 1886 » Al Jolson, American singer and actor († 1950)
• 1887 » Ba U, 2nd President of Burma († 1963)
• 1893 » Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer († 1962)
• 1895 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist († 1965)
• 1895 » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer († 1971)
• 1898 » Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater († 1965)
• 1898 » Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)
• 1899 » Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec († 1968)
• 1899 » Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate († 1997)
• 1900 » Karin Juel, Swedish singer, actor, and writer († 1976)

• 1881 » Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)

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.
• February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
• 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.
• July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
• 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.

The temperature on May 26, 1893 was about 14.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.