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• Albert Schoemaker, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Didden, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Maria Schoenmakers, As († 1969)
• Albert Josef Mathes, Hodkovice nad Mohelkou, North Bohemia, Czech Republic
• Heesbeen, Hatert
• Abraham Quist, Nieuwerkerk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1875)
• Adriana Pieternella Stravers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1951)
• Albert Hazelhoff, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands († 1876)
• Adrianus DIDDEN, Loon op Zand, Province of North Brabant, Netherlands († 1944)
• Adriana Neeltje Cornelia Kramer, Kortgene, Zeeland, Nederland

• Alberdina Susanna Hutten (54), Kerkenveld, Zuidwolde
• Alijda Adriana van den Bogart(Bogaard), Werkhoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Martina Jentoft Antonisdatter Antonisdatter (49), Auvåg, Nordland, Norge
• Adriana Woldring (24), Groningen
• Amalie Bartscher (22), Wittgenstein, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Aaldert Stevens SCHOENMAKER (62), Paasloo
• Anna van den Burg (38), Leiden
• Amelia Troch (71), Gent
• Amenda Eliza Stidham (1)
• Blanton, Harlan, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten

• 1866 » Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China († 1925)
• 1872 » William Fay, Irish actor and producer († 1947)
• 1881 » Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal († 1954)
• 1881 » Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect († 1948)
• 1886 » Ben Travers, English author and playwright († 1980)
• 1886 » Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer († 1975)
• 1889 » DeWitt Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest († 1981)
• 1890 » Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater († 1974)
• 1892 » Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor († 1958)
• 1894 » Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist († 1976)

• 1836 » Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentinian general and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773)
• 1847 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)
• 1865 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• February 24 » The SSGothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
• March 3 » The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada as recorded in the Montreal Gazette.
• April 4 » Vltava, composed by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana and also known by its German name Die Moldau, premiered in Prague.
• May 1 » Alexandra Palace reopens after being burned down in a fire in 1873.
• September 27 » The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool.
• October 16 » Brigham Young University is founded in Provo, Utah.

There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.