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• Adriana Maria Verboven, Ginneken en Bavel († 1916)
• Adrianus Cornelis Luijten, Etten-Leur (Nl) († 1926)
• Adrianus van Leeuwen, Nieuwkoop en Noorden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Adriana Diederika Jacoba de Man, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Helders, Rotterdam
• Adriana van den Braake, Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1952)
• Albert Braakhekke, Warnsveld († 1875)
• Aaltje ♀ Keur, Zandvoort, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1877)
• Agatha Geertruida Kouwenhoven, Rijswijk († 1876)
• Adriana Anna de Wit, Zijpe-'t Zand († 1876)

• Albert van Loo (2), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrien FLAJEOLET (70), Siaugues-Sainte-Marie,43239,Haute-Loire,Auvergne,FRANCE
• Aaltje Broekhuizen (26), Ede
• Anna Catharina HESEMANS (51), Lommel, Limburg, België
• Aaltje de Ringh (77), Enkhuizen {NH}
• Anna Maria van der Plaat (66), 's-Gravenhage
• Alida de Bruijn (81), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland
• van Dinter (0), Deurne en Liessel
• Aaltje Cornelis Rinsma (73)
• Adriana Johanna Hendrika van den Huijsen (0), delft

• 1861 » Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher († 1947)
• 1861 » Charles Édouard Guillaume, Swiss-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1938)
• 1861 » Martin Burns, American wrestler and coach († 1937)
• 1873 » Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1964)
• 1874 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish captain and explorer († 1922)
• 1883 » Sax Rohmer, English-American author († 1959)
• 1890 » Robert Ley, German politician († 1945)
• 1892 » James Forrestal, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Defense († 1949)
• 1892 » Roy Rene, Australian comedian († 1954)
• 1893 » Roman Najuch, Polish professional tennis player († 1967)

• 1842 » Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon and botanist (b. 1754)
• 1844 » Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
• 1847 » Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
• 1848 » Hermann von Boyen, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (b. 1771)
• 1849 » Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1804)
• 1857 » Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
• 1869 » Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (b. 1796)
• 1885 » Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Dimitrie Ghica, Romanian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Lew Wallace, American author, general, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1827)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Leendert
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Adriana
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
14. Antje
15. Jacoba
16. Petronella

• 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.
• March 3 » Georges Bizet's opera Carmen receives its première at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.
• April 10 » India: Arya Samaj is founded in Mumbai by Swami Dayananda Saraswati to propagate his goal of social reform.
• May 20 » Signing of the Metre Convention by 17 nations leading to the establishment of the International System of Units.
• August 22 » The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
• September 3 » The first official game of polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
• December 4 » Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.