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• Amanda Wilhelmina Carlson, Washington State († 1919)
• Andries Schramm, Sliedrecht, Sliedrecht, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1969)
• Adriana Cornelia van Berk, Leerdam
• Albert Suijk, Baarn
• Aaltje Cornelia Hartenhof, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)
• Aart Wilhelminus Kleppers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1893)
• Adriana van der WULP, 's-Gravendeel († 1944)
• Aart de With, Lopik
• Duijsens, Sint-Geertruid, Margraten († 1893)
• Angenietus Wildeman, Rhenen († 1893)

• Anne Elisabeth Bastiaens (79), Oevel, 2260, België
• Anna Margaretha Maria Meijer (51), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Albert de Jonge (6), Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Botho August Karel van Stolberg-Roßla (43), Rossla, Thüringen, BRD
• Botho August Carl zu Stolberg-Rossla (43), Roßla, Südharz, Allemagne
• Adriaan van Kronenburg (74), Woensel en Eckart (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Botho August Karel Vorst van Stolberg-Rossla (43), Rossla, Saksen-Anhalt
• Antje van der Weijden (54), Bodegravan, Netherlands
• Aart Tijmensz van Wageningen (88), Nootdorp
• Botho Van Stolberg Rossla (43), Rossla, Gävleborgs län, Sweden

• 1885 » Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic († 1966)
• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)
• 1885 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic († 1951)
• 1888 » David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1974)
• 1893 » Prajadhipok, Thai king († 1941)
• 1896 » Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager († 1977)
• 1896 » Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian painter and graphic artist († 1975)
• 1897 » Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist († 1980)
• 1898 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer († 1937)
• 1900 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author († 1949)

• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)

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.
• April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
• July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
• August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
• 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 November 8, 1893 was about -0.4 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.