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Died on Monday January 2, 1893
- (onbekend) Stabler (0), Brielle
- Annetje Immeker (72), Oldebroek
- Aaltje Bobeldijk (75), Heerhugowaard
- anoniem van der Bijl (0), Sprang-Capelle, Nederland
- Amandus Delaey (57), Staden West-Vlaanderen België
- Aafje Kuijper (81), Jisp
- Amand Delaey (57), Staden
- Adriaan Geelhoed (81), Rotterdam
- Anna Gertrudis Ballet (74), Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België
- Anna Antonia van Geijn (4), Batenburg
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 2, 1893 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Leeuwarder courant
- Bataviaasch handelsblad
- Bataviaasch nieuwsblad
- De standaard
Born on January 2
- 1886 » Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author († 1959)
- 1889 » Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales († 1973)
- 1891 » Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station († 1990)
- 1892 » Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor († 1958)
- 1892 » Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player († 1962)
- 1895 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat († 1948)
- 1896 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter († 1954)
- 1896 » Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer († 1982)
- 1897 » Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian († 1965)
- 1900 » Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy († 1965)
Died on January 2
- 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
- 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
- 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
- 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
- 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
- 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
- 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
- 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
- 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
- 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
Names that were popular for boys in 1893
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Hendrikus
- Wilhelmus
- Antonius
- Gerardus
- Joseph
Names that were popular for girls in 1893
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Helena
- Christina
- Aaltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1893
- 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 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
- May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
- June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
- September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
- November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
- December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
The weather on Monday January 2, 1893
The temperature on January 2, 1893 was about -4.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI