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• Anne Klazes Rijpma, Rijperkerk († 1938)
• Alexander "Alex" Evans, Midvale, Washington, Idaho, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Aglaida Paulovna Prinses Galitzina, Maryino, Novgorod († 1984)
• Anthonius Johannes de Wit, Oudshoorn, ZUI, Nederland
• Anna Bosten, Kerkrade (L († 1895)
• Adriana Maria Schellekens, Gilze en Rijen († 1990)
• Adrianus Schuurman
• Andrew DE VRIES, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Aaltje Heijnis, Assendelft († 1929)
• Alphons Hubert Jacobs, Wijnandsrade († 1893)

• Angelina Ludovica Loots (0), Westmalle, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Gerarda Snelderwaard (1), Wassenaar
• Aaltje Jans Kleine (0), Hoogeveen
• Anna Johanna Vuur (1), Rotterdam
• Anna Gerarda Snelderwaard (1), Wassenaar
• Antonius Johannes Jacobus Alphonsus Maria Hubertus Hengst (50), Sint Agatha,Gemeente Cuijk,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Gisius, Europa
• Antonie Kerkhoff (32), Haaften
• Agatha Weber (42), Ijmuiden
• Anje Dob (25), Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1887 » Charles I of Austria († 1922)
• 1888 » Monty Woolley, American actor, raconteur, and pundit († 1963)
• 1890 » Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce († 1946)
• 1890 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot († 1920)
• 1893 » John Brahm, German-American director and production manager († 1982)
• 1893 » Mae West, American actress, playwright, and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1894 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group († 1964)
• 1896 » Leslie Groves, American general and engineer († 1970)
• 1896 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author († 1970)
• 1896 » Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile († 1991)

• 1870 » Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)

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.
• July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
• August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
• August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
• October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
• 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 August 17, 1893 was about 22.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.