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• Aleida Johanna Schouten, Diever
• Agnes Leonarda Constantia Maria Baptist, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1978)
• Adriana Antonetta Maria Baesjou, Tilburg, Nederland († 1891)
• Abraham Lap, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Abraham Versluijs, Rotterdam
• Alida Catharina Soep, Amsterdam
• Albertus Noord, Nuis, Marum, Groningen, Nederland († 1981)
• Aaltje Fröme, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Amalia Susanna Johanna Vermaak, Natal, South Africa († 1920)
• Abraham Lap, Amsterdam († 1943)

• Arie Moree (41), Deil (GD)
• Antonie van Putten (2), Gouda, ZH, Nederland
• Antonie Klaris (0), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Laurens Hoogduin (57), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Gonder (78), Texel
• Aafke Engberts van der Meulen (27), Lippenhuizen, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Antonius Overwater (0), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Albertus Verhoeven (65), Aarle-Rixtel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aart Struik (55), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Belle St. Aubin (0), Mount Clemens, Macomb, Michigan, United States

• 1886 » Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Canadian-American physicist and academic († 1950)
• 1887 » Marija Leiko, Latvian actress († 1937)
• 1889 » Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia († 1976)
• 1890 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman († 1946)
• 1892 » Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic († 1988)
• 1893 » Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic († 1975)
• 1895 » Amaza Lee Meredith, American architect († 1984)
• 1895 » Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer († 1973)
• 1896 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Theodor Luts, Estonian director and cinematographer († 1980)

• 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
• 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
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.
• May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
• May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
• August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
• August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
• December 22 » Asteroid 323 Brucia becomes the first asteroid discovered using photography.

The temperature on August 14, 1891 was about 16.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.