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• Aleida Hendrina Antonia Veldhuis, Hengelo-Klein Driene († 1943)
• Angelina Schellings, Maastricht († 1987)
• Alfons Nicolaas Klaaijsen, Aardenburg, Nederland
• Agnes Margaret Niven, Baringhup, Victoria, Australia († 1971)
• Aaffien Kors, Anloo,Drenthe,Nederland
• Adriaan Wagemakers, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Timmer, Zeese († 1978)
• Abraham Cornelis van der Velde, Nieuwe-Tonge, Nederland († 1918)
• Anna Maria Josephina Claesen, Bilzen, Limburg, Belgie († 1976)
• Lutgens, Nieuwenhagen, Limb, NL († 1950)

• Adrianus van Sluijsvelt (67), Oudheusden en Elshout
• Aariaantje Blom (72), Wieringerwaard
• Albertus Wilhelmus Wijers (17), Kevelaer, Duitsland
• Aaltje Jannink (61), Almelo
• Abraham van der Zee, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Jans Prins (86), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen) 34
• Aaltje Jans Prins (86), Hoogeveen
• Adriana de Wit (68), Dessel (B)
• (Stillbirth) HOUTTUIN (0), Groningen
• Adiana Johanna van der Horst (83), Haarlem, Nederland

• 1883 » Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright († 1972)
• 1886 » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company († 1955)
• 1887 » Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist († 1975)
• 1888 » Babu Gulabrai, Indian philosopher and author († 1963)
• 1897 » Marcel Petiot, French physician and serial killer († 1946)
• 1898 » Lela Mevorah, Serbian librarian († 1972)
• 1899 » Al Capone, American mob boss († 1947)
• 1899 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author († 1960)
• 1899 » Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and academic († 1977)
• 1901 » Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-American philosopher and author († 1973)

• 1878 » Edward Shepherd Creasy, English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
• 1887 » William Giblin, Australian lawyer and politician, 13th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
• 1888 » Big Bear, Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
• 1891 » George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1800)
• 1893 » Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
• 1908 » Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
• 1909 » Francis Smith, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819)
• 1911 » Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)

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 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
• May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
• July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
• September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
• November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
• December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.

The temperature on January 17, 1892 was about -4.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.