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• , Zalk († 1952)
• Adrianus Johannes van der Aa, Tilburg († 1960)
• Aaltje de Vroom, Harderwijk († 1978)
• Adrianus Korpershoek, Vlaardingen († 1960)
• Adrianus Joannes van der Aa-, Tilburg, Nederland († 1960)
• Aegidius Heijmans, Hank, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1892)
• Alger DeForest, Bellevue, Michigan, United States († 1977)
• Abraham Waanders, Deventer († 1944)
• Aaltje de Vries, Smilde, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Adrianus Leewis, ,,, Kralingen († 1975)

• Berend Jan Brinkman (43), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Hendrika Zwart (16), Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Meeuwesen (71), Baarle-Hertog (België)
• Adriaan Huijben (72), Alphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius van Tongeren (45), Grave
• Adriana Cornelia Pijnaker (1), Lisse
• Aaltje Schuitert (13), Terwolde,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Meeuwesen (Meeusen) (70), Baarle-Hertog, België
• Annetje Beek (73), Blaricum
• Anna Margaretha Bruns (78), Niederlangen, Lathen

• 1885 » Clément Pansaers, Belgian poet († 1922)
• 1887 » Alan Cunningham, Anglo-Irish general and diplomat, High Commissioners for Palestine and Transjordan († 1983)
• 1890 » Clelia Lollini, Italian physician (d. 1963 or 1964)
• 1891 » Lillian Estelle Fisher, American historian of Spanish America († 1988)
• 1895 » May Hollinworth, Australian theatre producer and director († 1968)
• 1895 » Nikolai Yezhov, Soviet secret police official, head of the NKVD († 1940)
• 1896 » Herbert Backe, German agronomist and politician († 1947)
• 1896 » J. Lawton Collins, American general († 1987)
• 1896 » Mark W. Clark, American general († 1984)
• 1898 » Alfred Schmidt, Estonian weightlifter († 1972)

• 1856 » John Wilbur, American minister and theologian (b. 1774)
• 1873 » David Livingstone, Scottish-English missionary and explorer (b. 1813)
• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)

• 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 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
• 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.
• July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
• 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.
• September 22 » Lindal Railway Incident, providing inspiration for "The Lost Special" by A.C. Doyle and the TV serial Lost.
• December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The temperature on May 1, 1892 was about 8.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.