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• (2) Antje Kievit, Winschoten (Gn) Nederland († 1943)
• Abraham Willem Johannes Van Es, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Ebbers, Nieuwer-Amstel († 1955)
• Aart Boef, Polsbroek, Utrecht, Nederland († 1973)
• Albertina Francisca Josephina Schmeink, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1986)
• Adèle Marie Joseph VARLET, BeRMICOURT († 1898)
• Albert (Appe) Talen, Staphorst, Overijssel, Nederland († 1964)
• Albert Marten Spel, Durgerdam
• Allegonda Arts, Malden
• Albert Marten Spel, Ransdorp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)

• ANNA CATHARINA RITTEN (78), Kerkrade
• Anna Maria Catharina Geertruida RITTEN (78), Kerkrade, Nederland
• Albertus van de Kleut (62), Zwartebroek (Barneveld), Gld, NL
• Catharina Bunnik (70), Driebergen
• Anna Catharina Ritten (78), Kerkrade, Gemeente Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Alonzo Bowles, Easton, Grafton, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten
• Aartje Terwel (73)
• Albertus van Der Kleut (62), Zwartebroek (Barneveld)
• Anna Maria Catharina Hannefstingels (58), Lier, België
• Adrianus Jansen (61), Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1887 » Wharton Esherick, American sculptor († 1970)
• 1892 » Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic († 1940)
• 1893 » Dick Rauch, American football player and coach († 1970)
• 1893 » Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress († 1969)
• 1894 » Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish-American engineer († 1989)
• 1899 » Seán Lemass, Irish soldier and politician, 4th Taoiseach of Ireland († 1971)
• 1902 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission († 1983)
• 1903 » K. Kamaraj, Indian journalist and politician († 1975)
• 1903 » Walter D. Edmonds, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1904 » Rudolf Arnheim, German-American psychologist and author († 2007)

• 1857 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791)
• 1858 » Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Russian painter (b. 1806)
• 1883 » General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (b. 1838)
• 1885 » Rosalía de Castro, Spanish author and poet (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Gottfried Keller, Swiss author, poet, and playwright (b. 1819)
• 1898 » Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, French-American archbishop († 1825)
• 1904 » Anton Chekhov, Russian playwright and short story writer (b. 1860)
• 1919 » Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1929 » Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1930 » Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)

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

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

• 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 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
• June 13 » Grover Cleveland notices a rough spot in his mouth and on July 1 undergoes secret, successful surgery to remove a large, cancerous portion of his jaw; the operation was not revealed to the public until 1917, nine years after the president's death.
• August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
• September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
• November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
• December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.

The temperature on July 15, 1893 was about 17.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%.