About the day » Saturday January 21, 1893Calender converter

• Adriaan Est van der, Zierikzee († 1893)
• Adolf Abraham Flatow, Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
• Adriaan Johan Hendrik Ohlen, Rotterdam
• Angenita Willemina Verbeek, Delft († 1965)
• Aline Melchers, Dorsten,,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
• Adolf Henri Constant Marie Hubert van Liebergen, Venlo († 1974)
• "Caroline" Marie Ernestine de Diesbach de Belleroche, Gand, Belgique († 1981)
• * Johanna Catharina Van Lieshout, Veldhoven († 1975)
• Andreas Driessen, Genk, Limburg, Belgium († 1976)
• Adrianus van Hees, Hilvarenbeek

• Anna - Annechien Niks (79), Stadskanaal, Gemeente Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltjen Donderwinkel (75), Warnsveld
• Aaltjen Donderwinkel (75), Warnsveld (Zutphen), Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Tekla Tecla Poker (76), Barger Compascuüm, Emmen
• Adrianus Nelen (0), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Gertrudis Weerts (90), Valkenburg, Valkenburg aan de Geul
• Anna Tecla Poker (75), Barger-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Niks (79), Stadskanaal {Onstwedde), Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonie Dirkje Van De Wetering (48), Leiden
• Andries Kuipers (0), Uithuizermeeden,, Groningen, Nederland

• 1889 » Pitirim Sorokin, American sociologist and political activist († 1968)
• 1891 » Albert Battel, German Army lieutenant and lawyer († 1952)
• 1891 » Francisco Lázaro, Portuguese marathon runner († 1912)
• 1895 » Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga († 1972)
• 1895 » Daniel Chalonge, French astrophysicist and astronomer († 1977)
• 1895 » Noe Itō, Japanese anarchist, author and feminist († 1923)
• 1896 » Guy Gilpatric, American pilot and journalist († 1950)
• 1896 » J. Carrol Naish, American actor († 1973)
• 1896 » Masa Perttilä, Finnish wrestler († 1968)
• 1896 » Paula Hitler, younger sister of Adolf Hitler († 1960)

• 1862 » Božena Němcová, Austrian-Czech author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1870 » Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1812)
• 1872 » Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (b. 1791)
• 1881 » Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1802)
• 1891 » Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
• 1901 » Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)

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.
• June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
• October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
• November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
• 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.
• December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

The temperature on January 21, 1893 was about 0.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%.