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• Adriaan Kaashoek, Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1952)
• Alphonsus Jacobus Maria Verheijen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1965)
• Albert van Varik, Charlois
• Aartje Lodder, Baarn(UT) († 1892)
• Andrew Jackson Kitchens, Texas († 1942)
• Aart Vermeule, Rotterdam
• Adriana Elisabeth Franken, Bergen op Zoom († 1959)
• Adriana Hovestad, Nijmegen, Nederland († 1956)
• Anna Carolina Elisabeth Kortebein, Apeldoorn
• Alphonse Jules Georges VASSEUR, Guînes(62)... Hauts de France († 1916)

• Benjamin T. Simpson [M] (39)
• Arnoldus Abraham Boute (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ambrosina Louise Charlotta De Graaff (39), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Adriana WILLEMSE (57), Rotterdam
• Albertus Smelt (29), Vriezenveen
• Augustinus ROOSE, Koekelare
• Catharina Helena Knook (0), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltien Koers (41), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Braamhorst (46), Uitwierde gem. Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Bertha Alblas (1), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1884 » Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor († 1962)
• 1885 » Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer († 1958)
• 1891 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle († 1944)
• 1891 » Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator († 1962)
• 1892 » Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author († 1962)
• 1892 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist († 1978)
• 1897 » Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator († 1968)
• 1897 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic († 1970)
• 1898 » Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 1968)
• 1900 » Charley Paddock, American sprinter († 1943)

• 1851 » Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 » Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Albert

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Neeltje
15. Petronella
16. Trijntje

• 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 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 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
• September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
• 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 August 11, 1892 was about 14.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%.