About the day » Tuesday February 16, 1892Calender converter

• Aan Bijlsma, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1967)
• Adolphe Broussard, Breaux Bridge, St. Martin Parish, LA, United States († 1951)
• Adriaantje van der Wal, Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendricus van der Waal, Kralingen († 1974)
• Adriaantje Uilkes van der Wal, Achtkarspelen
• Aaltje Hoogland, Warmenhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Prins, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1972)
• Adrianus Joannes Dionijsius de Laat, Tilburg Nederland († 1894)
• Aart van Heemsbergen, Veenendaal († 1974)
• Adrianus Hendricus van der WAAL, Kralingen

• (1) Rosalia Vanneste (53), Oostrozebeke (W-VL) België
• Aalbert Johannis van Mourik (0), Buurmalsen
• Albert Vries (45), Oldemarkt
• Moes (0), Nieuw Amsterdam (Emmen)
• Annegien Bovendeur (76), Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Tjeert Janssonius (16), Ameland
• Antje Siebes Dolstra (de Jong) (80), Beets, 1475, Nederland
• Annegien Bovendeur (75), Vollenhove, Ambt (Barsbeek),, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alette Cornelie Guillomine Küpfer (79), Lent (Nijmegen), Gelderland, Nederland
• Annegien Hendriks Bovendeur (75), Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1884 » Robert J. Flaherty, German-Irish American director and producer († 1951)
• 1886 » Andy Ducat, English international footballer (forward and manager) and Cricketer († 1942)
• 1887 » Kathleen Clifford, American actress († 1962)
• 1891 » Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic († 1968)
• 1893 » Katharine Cornell, American actress and producer († 1974)
• 1896 » Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian († 2010)
• 1901 » Chester Morris, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor († 1985)
• 1902 » Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer († 1968)
• 1903 » Edgar Bergen, Swedish-American ventriloquist and actor († 1978)

• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
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.
• June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
• September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
• September 9 » Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.
• September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
• December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.

The temperature on February 16, 1892 was about -5.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.