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• Aaltje Daanje, Muntendam († 1953)
• Hendrik Cornelis Meijer, Monster
• Adriana Nederend, Willeskop, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertje Sibendina BOUWMAN, Appingedam Groningen Netherlands
• Aleida Hermina Klasina Kuiper, Zwolle († 1960)
• Cornelia Johanna Vissers, Raamsdonkveer
• aagje SNIJDERS, maasdam
• Adelina da Silva Tavares, Campos dos Goitacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1961)
• van den Bos († 1946)
• Aart Jan Kamphorst, Zwartebroek, Nederland († 1893)

• Anna Barbara Offermans (0), Schinveld, Onderbanken
• Adrianus Kaptein, Rotterdam
• Adriaan van der Leeuw (83), 's Gravenhage
• Anna Barbara SIBENTHAL (71), Dordrecht
• Aaltje Post (15), Opsterland
• Adrianus van der Leeuw (83), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Orlemans (65), Balen, België
• Anna Barbara (ook: Emma ~Barbera) Sebedal (ook: Si(e)benthal ) (71), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Barbara SEBEDAL (72), Dordrecht, 6010, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana de Kort (67), Etten-Leur

• 1885 » John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia († 1945)
• 1888 » Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic († 1972)
• 1891 » Bronislava Nijinska, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1972) name="Jöckle1995">Clemens Jöckle (1995). Encyclopedia of Saints. Alpine Fine Arts Collection. p.319. ISBN978-0-88168-226-7.</ref>
• 1891 » Storm Jameson, English journalist and author († 1986)
• 1891 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
• 1896 » Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic († 1967)
• 1897 » Dennis Wheatley, English soldier and author († 1977)
• 1899 » S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka († 1959)
• 1900 » Dorothy Adams, American character actress († 1988)
• 1900 » Merlyn Myer, Australian philanthropist († 1982)

• 1874 » Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French historian and archaeologist (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
• 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
• 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
• 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
• 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)

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.
• March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 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.
• July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
• 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 January 8, 1893 was about -4.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.