About the day » Saturday December 16, 1893Calender converter

• Albert Gerben Hedman Heddes Vrijburg, Oosterwolde, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham Van Der Sluys, Paterson, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1968)
• Aaltje Worp, Beets
• Og Van, Etten-Leur († 1893)
• Adriana Ham, 's-Gravenzande
• Adriana Clasina Maria Blom, Baarn († 1958)
• Adriana Clasina Maria (Jeanne) Blom, Baarn, UTR, Nederland († 1958)
• Aarn van der Vegt, Suameer († 1966)
• Adrianus F. Peeters, Gilze-Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1957)
• Andries Bruijnen, Maastricht

• Apolonia Cornelia Maria Stadhouder (1), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Armand FRERES (2), Bovigny,6671,Luxembourg,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Aart ZIEREN (77), Delft
• Anna Maria Catharina Borremans (40), Rotterdam Nederland
• Adriana Verriel (64), Tilburg
• Andries Woesthoff (71), Hoorn
• Og Van (0), Etten-Leur
• Carel Wieser (2), Gouda
• Beitske Oenes Kempenaar (39), Kollumerzwaag, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Hermina Burbach (58), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1884 » John Gunn, Australian politician, 29th Premier of South Australia († 1959)
• 1888 » Alexander I of Yugoslavia († 1934)
• 1888 » Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general († 1967)
• 1889 » Kim Chwa-chin, South Korean guerrilla leader († 1930)
• 1895 » Marie Hall Ets, American author and illustrator († 1984)
• 1896 » Anna Anderson, an imposter who claimed to be Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia († 1984)
• 1899 » Noël Coward, English actor, playwright, and composer († 1973)
• 1900 » Lucille Lortel, American actress and producer († 1999)
• 1900 » V. S. Pritchett, British writer and literary critic († 1997)
• 1901 » Margaret Mead, American anthropologist and author († 1978)

• 1859 » Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist and author (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)

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 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 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
• September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
• November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
• 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 December 16, 1893 was about 6.5 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.