About the day » Tuesday October 17, 1893Calender converter

• Anna Catharina Linders, Horst († 1931)
• Anna Cornelia Luijkx, Woensdrecht
• Aloijsius Franciscus Johannes Antonius Gerritse, den haag
• Albert Curt Jäntsch, Obermaschwitz, Saalkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany († 1973)
• Alida Slot, Jutphaas († 1895)
• Agatha de Groot, Abcoude-Proosdij, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Maagdenberg van den, Rucphen († 1961)
• Alberdina~Alberts Seinen, Wolvegea
• Antje van den Berg, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1969)
• ANTJE VAN DEN BERG, 'S-GRAVENZANDE († 1969)

• Arent Jan Gerhard Ormel (0), Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Ramon (77)
• Antje Siemens Saterdag (2), Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Hubertus Bruinen (53), Maastricht
• Arie de Wit (0), Willemstad
• Cornelis EijkhofF van den (0), Haarlem
• Andrew Huber (27), Perry, Missouri, United States
• Antje Siemens Saturdag (2), Kollumerland
• Cornelia Paape (61)
• Andries Groen (1), Abcoude Baambrugge

• 1889 » Mikha'il Na'ima, Lebanese author († 1988)
• 1890 » Roy Kilner, English cricketer († 1928)
• 1892 » Herbert Howells, English organist, composer, and educator († 1983)
• 1892 » Theodor Eicke, German SS general († 1943)
• 1893 » Raffaele Bendandi, Italian clockmaker and seismologist († 1979)
• 1894 » Pablo de Rokha, Chilean poet († 1968)
• 1894 » Prince René, Italian Prince of Denmark († 1962)
• 1895 » Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer († 1958)
• 1895 » Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, President of Guatemala (1958–1963) († 1982)
• 1896 » Roman Petrovich, Russian prince († 1978)

• 1849 » Frédéric Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1810)
• 1868 » Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (b. 1775)
• 1887 » Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1828)
• 1893 » Patrice de MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, French general and politician, 3rd President of France (b. 1808)
• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)

• 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 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
• June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
• June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
• July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
• August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
• September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.

The temperature on October 17, 1893 was about 12.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.