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• Bartels, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1892)
• Adriana Schuurmans, Den Helder
• Anna Hoekstra, Depew, Erie County, New York, United States († 1953)
• Adrianus Verbeek, Leerdam (NL)
• (levenloos) de Mol, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1892)
• Ama Renske de Vries, Hantumeruitburen († 1932)
• Abraham Brouwer, Leiden, Nederland
• * Johanna Hendrika van Ingen, Hedikhuizen († 1970)
• Adrianus Koorneef, Berkel en rodenrijs († 1893)
• , Oostkapelle, Nederland († 1893)

• Aafje Dekker (35), Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Drift (41), Kethel en Spaland
• Alfons Goessens (0), Oultre
• Bartels (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Sophia Harmannus (Sophie) Rassers (68), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus Johannes van Rijn (18)
• Anna Sophie Sophia Rassers (68), Groningen, Netherlands
• Albertje Hendriks Gort (75), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albertus Everardus Brouwer (1864), Utrecht
• Andries Dekker (63), Kallenkote (Steenwijkerwold)

• 1882 » Geraldine Farrar, American soprano and actress († 1967)
• 1883 » Seán Mac Diarmada, Irish rebel leader († 1916)
• 1884 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1887 » William Zorach, Lithuanian-American sculptor and painter († 1966)
• 1894 » Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1964)
• 1895 » Marcel Pagnol, French author, playwright and director († 1974)
• 1896 » Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1898 » Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer († 1969)
• 1900 » Wolf Hirth, German pilot and engineer, co-founded Schempp-Hirth († 1959)
• 1901 » Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)

• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

• 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.
• June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
• July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
• August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
• 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.
• 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 February 28, 1892 was about 2.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.