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• Anna Maria Spierings, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriana Maria van Oosterhout, Oudenbosch († 1965)
• N.N. Vissers, Oosterhout († 1893)
• Agnes Wittenberg, Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Van der Burg, Zoeterwoude († 1944)
• Adrianus van Smoorenburg, Ter Aar,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Anna Brouwer, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Adrianus van Smoorenburg, Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Gerards Visscher, Barsbeek, Ambt Vollenhove
• .. Adriana Vermeulen, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1971)

• Aaltje Simons Schuitemaker (69), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje de Leeuw (44), Zegveld
• Adolphine, Romaine CORNEZ (85), Flénu, 7012, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique
• Aaltje Gorter (75), Hollum
• Alof Radstake (59), Winkelshoek (Zelhem)
• Abraham Penrod (49), Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States
• Adriaan Buckens (53), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Adriana Oerlemans (74), 's-Gravenmoer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf Aarse (42), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Buckens, Fijnaart en Heijningen

• 1885 » Bazoline Estelle Usher, African-American educator († 1992)
• 1887 » Arthur Percival, English general († 1966)
• 1888 » Marius Canard, French orientalist and historian († 1982)
• 1890 » Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1973)
• 1890 » Percy Hodge, English runner († 1967)
• 1891 » Henry Miller, American author and painter († 1980)
• 1892 » Don Barclay, American actor and illustrator († 1975)
• 1893 » Mao Zedong, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Communist Party of China († 1976)
• 1894 » Jean Toomer, American author and poet († 1967)
• 1900 » Evelyn Bark, leading member of the British Red Cross, first female recipient of the CMG († 1993)

• 1863 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1775)
• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)

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.
• 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 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
• July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
• July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
• September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
• October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.

The temperature on December 26, 1893 was about 5.4 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.