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• Adrianus van der Most, Schiedam († 1948)
• Aleida Maria Maillie, Frederiksoord (gem. Westerveld)
• Aaltje Martens Rijpstra, ,, Rinsumageest, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1980)
• Akke Jans de Groot, Bolsward (FRL)
• Adriana Visser, Rotterdam-Charlois
• Adriana Visser, Charlois († 1957)
• Abraham van Dorp, Rotterdam († 1926)
• Aaltje Kaanis, Rotterdam († 1943)
• Abraham Hoogendoorn, Hekendorp († 1968)
• AdolF Willem van der Valk, Amsterdam († 1927)

• Albertus Heerdink (59), Deventer
• Adriana Maria Elisabeth de Veer de Veer (61), Den Haag
• Aaltje Kropveld (4), Weerdingermond, Westerwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Lemans (2), Gilze en Rijen
• Alphonse Pierre de Cardevac d'Havrincourt (86)
• Albertus Nijhof (56)
• Adaline C Brown (86), Stonington, New London County, CT unmarried
• Adriaan Lievense (61), Nieuwerkerk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Petronella Catalina BOSMAN (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Tijssen (68), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1880 » Álvaro Obregón, Mexican general and politician, 39th President of Mexico († 1928)
• 1886 » José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 1942)
• 1888 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet († 1928)
• 1893 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director († 1964)
• 1895 » Louis Calhern, American actor († 1956)
• 1896 » André Breton, French poet and author († 1966)
• 1897 » Alma Rubens, American actress († 1931)
• 1899 » Lucio Fontana, Argentinian-Italian painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1902 » Kay Boyle, American novelist, short story writer, and educator († 1992)
• 1904 » Havank, Dutch journalist and author († 1964)

• 1837 » Georg Büchner, German-Swiss poet and playwright (b. 1813)
• 1837 » Thomas Burgess, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1756)
• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)

• 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 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
• July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
• September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
• October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
• December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.
• December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The temperature on February 19, 1892 was about -8.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.