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• Albert Joseph Vecoven, Landen
• Albertus Petrus, Den Helder († 1970)
• Aloysius Antonius Tuerlings, Tilburg, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1967)
• Anna Gertruda Gommers, Tilburg
• Albert F. Ong († 1975)
• Aletta Catharina Dreyer († 1970)
• Aagje Maria Bol, Waddinxveen († 1947)
• Abram Niezen, Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• anna klazina VOS, wijk en aalburg († 1919)
• HEYMANS CATHARINA-LUCIA, OPOETEREN († 1974)

• Catharina Schoenmaker (79), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bruin Tjeerds Bruinsma (63), Hemrik, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Aukes de Vries (48), Giekerk, Tietjerkstradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Berend Vros (70), Raalte
• Cornelia van der Veer (55), Breukelen St Pieters, Utrecht, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus Vergote, Lichtervelde,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Aaltje Nijenhuis (57), Junne
• Christina Hubertina Kempener (77), Slenaken, Limburg, Nederland
• Alfred Joseph Ferdinand Collin (0), Ster, Francorchamps, 4970, Liege, Belgique
• Caroline Adams (76)

• 1889 » Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author († 1988)
• 1890 » Roy Kilner, English cricketer († 1928)
• 1892 » Herbert Howells, English organist, composer, and educator († 1983)
• 1892 » Theodor Eicke, German SS general († 1943)
• 1893 » Raffaele Bendandi, Italian clockmaker and seismologist († 1979)
• 1894 » Pablo de Rokha, Chilean poet († 1968)
• 1894 » Prince René, Italian Prince of Denmark († 1962)
• 1895 » Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer († 1958)
• 1895 » Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958–1963) († 1982)
• 1896 » Roman Petrovich, Russian prince († 1978)

• 1849 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)

• 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.
• 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 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
• July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
• July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
• October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
• November 8 » The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.

The temperature on October 17, 1892 was about 7.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%.