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• Annechien Bloeming, Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1964)
• Andries Lichtenbeld, Zutphen
• Ann Elizabeth Lewis, Michaelchurch Escley, Herefordshire, England († 1986)
• Aaltje Huisman, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 1929)
• Aaltje HUISMAN, Hoogezand, Groningen, Nederland († 1929)
• Allegonda Petronella van Leeuwen, Gouda († 1972)
• Alberta Wilhelmina Bonhoff, amsterdam, Nederland († 1962)
• Adolf Abraham Zuijdervliet, Monster († 1892)
• Westerhof († 1892)
• Adrianus Coppelmans, Tongelre († 1968)

• Amandus Verstappen (75), Tongerlo 2260, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Aaltje Ramaker- (0), Oranjedorp, Nederland
• Albert Hovstede (74), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertus Janssen (77), Doornenburg, Nederland
• Amandus Verstappen (75), Tongerlo, 3960, België
• Alfred Emile O'Hara Graaf van Nieuwerkerke (80), Gattaiola, Toscane
• Albertus Jochums ZUIDEMA (76), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Andrea Veldhoen (1), Elburg
• van de Pol, Moergestel
• Aagje Timmer (74), Oosterend

• 1888 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic († 1945)
• 1892 » Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist († 1949)
• 1893 » Daisy Kennedy, Australian-English violinist († 1981)
• 1894 » Irving Mills, American publisher († 1985)
• 1895 » Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician († 1947)
• 1895 » Nat Schachner, American lawyer, chemist, and author († 1955)
• 1895 » T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician († 1966)
• 1897 » Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet and academic († 1977)
• 1898 » Irving Rapper, American film director and producer († 1999)
• 1898 » Margaret Booth, American producer and editor († 2002)

• 1865 » Edmond François Valentin About, French journalist and author (b. 1828)
• 1879 » Octave Crémazie, Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and academic (b. 1834)
• 1891 » Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (b. 1836)
• 1898 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Hiram Rhodes Revels, American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822)
• 1901 » Jules Barbier, French poet and playwright (b. 1825)
• 1906 » Marshall Field, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Marshall Field's (b. 1834)
• 1917 » George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)

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

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

• 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 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 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
• March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
• June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
• July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
• August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
• September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.

The temperature on January 16, 1892 was about -1.5 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.