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• * Suzina Willemina van Triet, Reeuwijk († 1987)
• Alida van Roekel, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Albert Bouwmeester, De Huizen (gem. Hoogeveen)
• Adrianus Mekken, Warmenhuizen, Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Teunissen, Oosterhout
• Albert Steffens, Plainland, Lockyer Valley Regional, QLD, Australia († 1976)
• Alida Cornelia Breedveld, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Breedvelt, Oranjedorp, Emmen
• Albertine Albertsdr. (1) Houtman, Weltevreden, Batavia, Java, Indonesia († 1933)
• Adriana van Melis, Beek en Donk

• Adelheid van Oppersdorff (31), Merano, Trentino-Zuidtirol
• Alida (Aaltje) Rijnsbeek (55), Alphen aan den Rijn, Nederland
• Adriana SCHIETKATTE (79), Brouwershaven,, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Schietekatte (79), Brouwershaven
• Aaldert Bijker (57), Eesveen (Steenwijkerwold)
• Anna Cornelia de Laat (58), Moergestel
• Anna Maria Catharina Angerhausen (72), Grave, Grave, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Agatha van Heeringen (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldert Bijker (57), Eesveen, Steenwijkerwold,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Jorissen (81)

• 1883 » Alberto Collo, Italian actor († 1955)
• 1895 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian soldier and politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture († 1946)
• 1895 » Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author († 1974)
• 1895 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor († 1926)
• 1896 » Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic († 1966)
• 1897 » Paul Alverdes, German author and poet († 1979)
• 1898 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician († 1945)
• 1902 » Harry Golden, Ukrainian-American journalist and author († 1981)
• 1902 » Max Ophüls, German-American director and screenwriter († 1957)
• 1903 » Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant († 1977)

• 1859 » Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (b. 1769)
• 1862 » Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1817)
• 1877 » Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Swedish-Finnish poet and hymn-writer (b. 1804)
• 1882 » Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician, Chief Secretary for Ireland (b. 1836)
• 1882 » Thomas Henry Burke, Irish civil servant (b. 1829)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American author and poet (b. 1836)
• 1905 » Robert Herbert, English-Australian politician, 1st Premier of Queensland (b. 1831)
• 1907 » Emanuele Luigi Galizia, Maltese architect and civil engineer (b. 1830)
• 1910 » Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
• 1919 » L. Frank Baum, American novelist (b. 1856)

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 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
• December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

The temperature on May 6, 1893 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 42%.