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• Albertus Koudijs, Woudenberg 41
• Albertus Koudijs, Woudenberg († 1970)
• Alida Margaretha Maria van Teeseling, Amsterdam
• Albertine WOLF, Froeningen, 68, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, FRANCE († 1972)
• "Alfred" Marie Albert du Pont de Romémont, château de Romémont, Buissoncourt, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France († 1950)
• Aloysius de Rijk, Boschkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland († 1971)
• Alphonsus Joannes de Kok, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1952)
• Adolph Johan Onstenk, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1953)
• van Rij, zuidland
• Alfred Borgman († 1972)

• Antonia Wilhelmina Mulders (9), Tiel
• Antonius Johannes van Alphen (65), Schiedam
• Antje Deekens (2), Borgercompagnie (Veendam-Gr)
• Bartha Harte (1), Assen
• Aart Mosterd (0), Maartensdijk
• Aaltje van Oort (7), IJzendoorn
• AART MOSTERD (0), MAARTENSDIJK
• Anje Gerrits Dekkema (68), Obergum, Winsum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Annechien Jans Siepel (84), Nieuwe Pekela
• Anna Mol (2), Giethoorn

• 1875 » Charles Stewart Mott, American businessman and politician, 50th Mayor of Flint, Michigan († 1973)
• 1878 » Wallace Hartley, English violinist and bandleader († 1912)
• 1881 » Walter Egan, American golfer († 1971)
• 1891 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral and pilot († 1945)
• 1891 » Thurman Arnold, American lawyer and judge († 1969)
• 1899 » Edwin Way Teale, American environmentalist and photographer († 1980)
• 1899 » Lotte Reiniger, German animator and director († 1981)
• 1904 » Frank Runacres, English painter and educator († 1974)
• 1904 » Johnny Weissmuller, Hungarian-American swimmer and actor († 1984)
• 1907 » Dorothy West, American journalist and author († 1998)

• 1853 » Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general (b. 1777)
• 1865 » Ner Middleswarth, American judge and politician (b. 1783)
• 1875 » Józef Kremer, Polish psychologist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1806)
• 1881 » Émile Littré, French lexicographer and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1882 » Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general and politician (b. 1807)
• 1901 » George Leslie Mackay, Canadian missionary and author (b. 1844)
• 1927 » Hüseyin Avni Lifij, Turkish painter (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Enrique Gorostieta, Mexican general (b. 1889)
• 1933 » Frank Jarvis, American runner and triple jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Louis Vierne, French organist and composer (b. 1870)

• 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.
• February 15 » Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
• July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
• August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
• October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.
• December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

The temperature on June 2, 1891 was about 23.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.