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• Alberta Elisabeth van IJsselmuiden, Utrecht
• Ana Angélica Pinheiro Machado, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil († 1974)
• Albert Lindsley, Eaton Rapids, Eaton, Michigan, United States
• Aleida Jacoba Hopman, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adeline Zénobie Césarine DENŸS, Bruges, Province de Flandre Occidentale, Région Flamande, Belgique
• abra BEUKELMAN, rotterdam († 1979)
• Albert Goutier, Heusden († 1892)
• Anna Maria Winter, Glane
• Anna Hendrica Wilhelmina Veuger, Haarlem
• Adrien Balthazar baron del Marmol, Ensival († 1958)

• Adriana van Seters (50), Stellendam
• Age Lykles Tromp (56), Woudsend,Gemeente Wymbritseradiel,Friesland,Netherlands
• (4) Maria Agatha Büscher (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aaltje Huisman (1)
• Anje REINDERS (36), Broek Groningen Netherlands
• Anne Maria Catharina LOOP (42), Puth-Schinnen, Limburg, Nederland
• Anje Klazes Reinders (36), ,, Broek, Eenrum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arie Kooijman (84), IJsselmonde
• Adrianus van de Westelaken (1), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Anna Maria Catharina Loop (42), Puth, Limburg, Nederland

• 1883 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and political scientist († 1950)
• 1884 » Snowy Baker, Australian boxer, rugby player, and actor († 1953)
• 1886 » Charlie Ruggles, American actor († 1970)
• 1888 » Edith Evans, English actress († 1976)
• 1888 » Giuseppe Ungaretti, Egyptian-Italian soldier, journalist, and poet († 1970)
• 1890 » Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1960)
• 1893 » Ba Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma († 1977)
• 1894 » King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1897 » Zakir Hussain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India († 1969)
• 1899 » Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1970)

• 1849 » François Habeneck, French violinist and conductor (b. 1781)
• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)

• 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.
• 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.
• June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
• June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
• December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.

The temperature on February 8, 1892 was about 6.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.