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• Adriana Sonnemans, Meijel, Nederland
• Alma Howell, Illinois († 1943)
• Adriana de Pooter, Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland († 1962)
• Aart Heesterman, Deventer († 1968)
• Alle Klaasz Poepjes, Spanga, weststellingwerf.fr.nld
• Albertus Muller, Weesp († 1894)
• Aloisius Martinus Donders, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1984)
• 2nd Lt. Martin Frederick Heath-Caldwell RHA, Holmwood, Surrey, England († 1915)
• Aartje van Eijk, Rhoon, Nederland
• Adolf Clarenburg, Utrecht

• Adriaantje Snelleman (63), oud-beijerland (zuid holland)
• Arie Middelhoven (65), Veenendaal, Nederland
• Aletta van Groeningen (66), Polsbroek,, Utrecht, Nederland
• de Boden, Capelle aan den IJssel
• Alida Stuiver (26), Vledder
• Adrianus Webber (64), Soest
• Anna Maria Biesmans (0), Mopertingen
• Aaltien Pepping (43), Annen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Christina van der Worp (2), Hattem
• Aaltje Pepping (42), Anloo, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1885 » Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet († 1969)
• 1887 » Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot († 1917)
• 1887 » Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg († 1969)
• 1891 » Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator († 1985)
• 1891 » Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic († 1961)
• 1894 » Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright († 1987)
• 1895 » Jack Warner, English actor and singer († 1981)
• 1896 » Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman († 1994)
• 1898 » Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China († 1974)
• 1901 » Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1959)

• 1852 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)

• 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 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
• January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
• June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
• October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
• November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
• 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 October 24, 1893 was about 9.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.