About the day » Monday December 11, 1893Calender converter

• Alexander Mehlbaum, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Aaltje Gerrits Hof, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Kwebeman, Gieterveen, Gieten,Drenthe,Netherlands († 1893)
• Aaron-Arnold Isaac Vieijra, Amsterdam, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Alida Johanna Berg, Soest
• Albert Luttjeboer, Roelage (gem. Westerwolde) († 1896)
• Aaltje Kiewiet, Bonnerveen (Gieten) († 1923)
• Aaltje Hof, Weststelliingwerf
• Albert Luttjeboer-, Laudermarke, Nederland († 1896)
• Adriana Maria Nachenius, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)

• Abraham Spier (66), Amsterdam
• Anthonij den Hartogh (71), Lopik
• Johannes Steentjes (71), Naaldwijk
• Antonie Harmanus Reesink (64), Warnsveld
• Abraham Spier (66), Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Adriana van IJperen (0), Delft
• Albrecht Lodewijk Bernhard Vrijheer van Steiger-Münsingen (69), Mariënberg, Saksen
• Adolph Abraham Krolik (54), Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Johannes HUBERS (0), Dordrecht
• Anna Catharina van HOOF (88), Oisterwijk NL

• 1882 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1970)
• 1882 » Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist and poet († 1921)
• 1884 » Piet Ooms, Dutch swimmer and water polo player († 1961)
• 1889 » Walter Knott, American farmer and businessman, founded Knott's Berry Farm († 1981)
• 1890 » Carlos Gardel, French-Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor († 1935)
• 1890 » Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator († 1976)
• 1893 » Leo Ornstein, Russian-American pianist and composer († 2002)
• 1897 » Ronald Skirth, English soldier († 1977)
• 1899 » Julio de Caro, Argentinian violinist, composer, and conductor († 1980)
• 1900 » Hermína Týrlová, Czechoslovakian animator, screenwriter, and film director († 1993)

• 1872 » Kamehameha V of Hawaii (b. 1830)
• 1880 » Oliver Winchester, American businessman, founded the Winchester Repeating Arms Company (b. 1810)
• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)
• 1909 » Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1920 » Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1937 » Jaan Anvelt, Estonian theorist and politician (b. 1884)

• 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 17 » Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
• April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
• 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 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
• December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

The temperature on December 11, 1893 was about 4.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.