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• Antonius van Haren, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida van Heemert, Weesperkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Adrianus van Mil, Emmen († 1964)
• Adam Haas, Juchem, Duitsland († 1957)
• Alida Johanna Stutterheim, ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Aaltje van 't Hart, Hoogblokland, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1990)
• Anna Pieternella Pannekoek, Ouwerkerk
• Adolf Leo Josef Dhoop, Waregem West-Vlaanderen
• Adriana Cornelia Jonkers, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Alberic Joseph Desmet, Meulebeke

• Andries Klazes Veenstra (92), Rottevalle, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Krammer (1), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Atze Nicolai (0), Bergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aartje Wildenberg (78), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Klazes Veenstra (92), ,, Rottevalle, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aletta Verburg (65), Tull en 't Waal
• Antje Pieters Postma (81), Warga
• Arie Driesprong (67), Ooltgensplaat-Netherlands
• Anne Jakobs Hilverda (43), Akmarijp, Utingeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Berend Korthuis (14), Crooks Township, Renville County, MN

• 1885 » Will Durant, American historian and philosopher († 1981)
• 1886 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general († 1961)
• 1887 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist and educator († 1961)
• 1890 » Jan Zrzavý, Czech painter and illustrator († 1977)
• 1892 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist († 1964)
• 1892 » John Alcock, captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force († 1919)
• 1893 » Raymond Loewy, French-American engineer and designer († 1986)
• 1894 » Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician († 1960)
• 1895 » Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter († 1956)
• 1895 » Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer († 1956)

• 1872 » Thomas Sully, English-American painter (b. 1783)
• 1876 » Theodor von Heuglin, German explorer and ornithologist (b. 1824)
• 1879 » James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (b. 1831)
• 1923 » Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1928 » Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (b. 1872)
• 1930 » Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Luigi Facta, Italian politician, journalist and Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Konrad Stäheli, Swiss target shooter (b. 1866)
• 1933 » Texas Guinan, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1884)
• 1933 » Walther von Dyck, German mathematician and academic (b. 1856)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Hendrika
7. Catharina
8. Wilhelmina
9. Adriana
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Neeltje
13. Jacoba
14. Geertruida
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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
• March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
• March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
• May 5 » The Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
• May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
• October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

The temperature on November 5, 1891 was about 4.9 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%.