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• Andries Bloem, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1895)
• Albert Vanbrabant, Sint-Truiden, België († 1918)
• Agatha Kluijt, Haarlem,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amantina Stephania Van De Brul, Austruweel, Provincie Antwerpen († 1895)
• Anje Smit, Woldendorp (Termunten) († 1927)
• Adriana Antonia van Lunssen, Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Nederland († 1893)
• Aart de Graaf, Bunschoten
• * Pieter Gerrit den Besten, Nieuwland († 1957)
• Aantje Atzes van der Duim, Beets, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland († 1978)
• Aaltje van der Molen, Broek op L'dijk († 1894)

• Alexander I. v.Battenberg (36), Graz
• Andries Palmbos (70), Vledder
• Alexander Joseph van Battenberg (36), Graz, Steiermark, Oostenrijk
• Amand Baudry (55), Anzin, 59410, France
• Alexander Joseph von Battenberg (36), Graz, Autriche
• Anke Durks Werf van der (58), Workum, Fr, Nederland
• Akke Jorna (74), Leeuwarden
• Adriaan Mommers (65), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• André Olivier Baudry (56), Cherbourg, 50100, France
• Alexander I Hesse-Darmstadt (36)

• 1886 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant († 1967)
• 1887 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal († 1976)
• 1891 » Lester Allen, American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director († 1949)
• 1895 » Gregorio López, Mexican journalist, author, and poet († 1966)
• 1896 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher († 1934)
• 1897 » Frank Fay, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1961)
• 1899 » Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American engineer († 1971)
• 1901 » Lee Strasberg, Ukrainian-American actor and director († 1982)
• 1901 » Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission († 1982)
• 1902 » Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)

• 1865 » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)
• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)

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.
• August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
• August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
• 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.
• August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
• October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
• December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

The temperature on November 17, 1893 was about 3.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.