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• Adrianus Cornelsz van Remmen, Zoeterwoude († 1976)
• Andries Faber, Rottevalle, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1948)
• Adrianus van der Wiel, Bloemendaal († 1972)
• Andries Faber, Rottevalle, Gem. Achtkarspelen († 1948)
• Aaltje van der Vlugt, Kethel, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana van Dijk, Kralingen († 1893)
• Alberdina Maria Gerardina Schildknegt, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Remmen, Zoeterwoude, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Geerlings, Meppel († 1895)
• Anna Catharina Schepers, Onstwedde († 1982)

• Alida Themme-Luder (26), Nieuw-Buinen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• * Jan van Veen (54), Streefkerk
• Adriana Cornelia Schippers (47), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Luder (26), Borger
• (2), De Leeuwte (Vollenhove, Ambt)
• N.N. Schel (0), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Aaltje Egberts Nijland (76), Uffelte gem Havelte
• Adriana Leppers (36), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Erdmuthe Franziska von Blücher (63), Charlottenburg
• Adrianus Leune (74), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1883 » Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher († 1969)
• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » John Gilbert Winant, American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire († 1947)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)
• 1889 » Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer († 1949)
• 1892 » Agnes Smedley, American journalist and writer († 1950)
• 1892 » Kathleen Harrison, English actress († 1995)
• 1894 » Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1978)
• 1899 » Erich Kästner, German author and poet († 1974)
• 1899 » Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter († 1981)

• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)

• 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.
• February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
• 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 7 » Homer Plessy is arrested for refusing to leave his seat in the "whites-only" car of a train; he lost the resulting court case, Plessy v. Ferguson.
• July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
• September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.

The temperature on February 23, 1892 was about -0.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.