About the day » Wednesday August 9, 1893Calender converter

• BIJKER, Nijeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1893)
• Alexander Franciscus van BOUWELEN, Berendrecht, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1955)
• * Margaretha Adriana Rietveld, Gouda († 1973)
• Adriaan Nederlof, Sliedrecht
• Suttorp, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1893)
• Aaltje Bruins, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Amalia Gezina Wempe, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
• Adrianus George Kwekel, Abbenbroek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hoogendoorn, Rotterdam Hillegersberg
• Hendrikus Cornelis Meijer, Monster

• Albertus Gerhardus Kruimink (77), Zwinderen, Oosterhesselen
• Aafje Dekker (23), Zuid-Scharwoude
• Aafje Dekker (23), Zuid-Scharwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius van der Wurff (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arentje Hofstee (68), Scherpenzeel, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• BIJKER (0), Nijeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthonius van der Wurff (0), Utrecht, U, NL
• Arie Ariesz Maat (0), Vlaardingen
• Berend Keizer (62), Muntendam, Midden-Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje Brouwer (69), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1879 » John Willcock, Australian politician, 15th Premier of Western Australia, († 1956)
• 1881 » Prince Antônio Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, Brazilian prince († 1918)
• 1890 » Eino Kaila, Finnish philosopher and psychologist, attendant of the Vienna circle († 1958)
• 1896 » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist († 1980)
• 1896 » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher († 1980)
• 1899 » P. L. Travers, Australian-English author and actress († 1996)
• 1901 » Charles Farrell, American actor and singer († 1990)
• 1902 » Panteleimon Ponomarenko, Russian general and politician († 1984)
• 1902 » Zino Francescatti, French violinist († 1991)
• 1905 » Leo Genn, British actor and barrister († 1978)

• 1861 » Vincent Novello, English composer and publisher (b. 1781)
• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)

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.
• February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
• March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
• April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
• June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
• September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
• November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.

The temperature on August 9, 1893 was about 21.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.