About the day » Tuesday August 15, 1893Calender converter

• Schalkwijk, Soest (UT, NLD) († 1893)
• Adriana Droppert, Rotterdam († 1918)
• Aaltje Venema, Musselkanaal († 1967)
• Aaltje Willems Venema, ,, Musselkanaal, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1967)
• Antje van Duijvenbode, Rijnsburg († 1896)
• Andries Bijkerk, Nijensleek, Vledder,, Drenthe, Nederland († 1927)
• Agatha Martens († 1948)
• Albertus van Ree, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utr., NL († 1893)
• Adorina Maria Johanna Verhaegen, Graauw en Langendam, Nederland († 1989)
• Alberthus Josephus Benedictus Filippus Stiekema-, Onstwedde, Nederland († 1894)

• Aaltje Uinkes ten Kate (Cate) (85), Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Maria Schmidt (22), Amsterdam
• Antonius van Houts (0), Helmond
• Aage Aabel (0), Aalborg
• Anje Azings Willems Maat (47), Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje ten Kate gr (85), Klijndijk {DR}
• Anneke Olgers (65)
• Anje Maat (47), Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltje Uinkes ten Kate (85), Klijndijk
• Anneke Olgers (65), Midwolda

• 1886 » Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer († 1974)
• 1890 » Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator († 1962)
• 1892 » Abraham Wachner, New Zealand politician, 35th Mayor of Invercargill († 1950)
• 1892 » Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1893 » Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic († 1950)
• 1896 » Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate († 1985)
• 1896 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1896 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator († 1958)
• 1898 » Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet († 1966)
• 1900 » Estelle Brody, American silent film actress († 1995)

• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)

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.
• April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
• 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 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
• October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
• December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

The temperature on August 15, 1893 was about 18.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.