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• Albertus Blank, Wognum, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia den Heijer, Rijnsburg († 1967)
• Adriana van Meurs, Rotterdam
• Tegelaers (Tegelaars), Utrecht († 1892)
• Anna Cornelia den Heijer, Rijnsburg
• Andrieske Hoekstra, Dantumadeel (Dantumadeel) (Friesland)
• Anna Margaretha Lenia (Leonie) Daemen, Simpelveld, Nederland († 1940)
• Anna Maria Wiggelman, Heteren
• Anna Elisabeth Anneveld, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 1895)
• Albert ten Hartog, Nieuwendam

• Charles Louis Wulgaert (0), Eeklo
• Arnolda de Jong (1), Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clasina de Koning (22), Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clara Maria Giesing (0), Chamois, Osage, Missouri
• Cardinal Friedrich of the Roman Catholic Church (78), Kremsier
• Berendina Jansen (0), Olst, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Stulens (59), St. Truiden (B)
• Abby Eliza Appleton (70), Portland, Cumberland, Maine, Verenigde Staten
• Benjamin Hawes IIII (82), Union, Mississippi
• Augustinus Amandus LOWAGIE (65)

• 1884 » Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg († 1976)
• 1885 » Dino Campana, Italian poet and author († 1932)
• 1886 » Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian († 1965)
• 1887 » Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and scholar († 1959)
• 1888 » Tôn Đức Thắng, Vietnamese politician, 2nd President of Vietnam († 1980)
• 1890 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, novelist († 1937)
• 1896 » Gostha Pal, Indian footballer († 1976)
• 1897 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet († 1970)
• 1898 » Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian, journalist, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)

• 1859 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)
• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
• 1887 » Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)

• 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.
• 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.
• July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
• July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
• 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.
• December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.

The temperature on August 20, 1892 was about 18.9 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.