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• Adriaantje den Hartog, 's-Gravendeel, South Holland, Netherlands
• Alva Clarence GRANDIA, Black Oak Twp, Iowa, US († 1941)
• Alberdina Wassink, Neede
• Altjo Koning, Oudedijk, Groningen, Netherlands († 1895)
• Anna Barbara Florack († 1893)
• Anette Huiberdina Wilhelmina Maria van Laarhoven, Raamsdonkveer
• Anna Maria Hubertina Hameleers, Sint Pieter
• Alphonsus Aloisius van Loon, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1893)
• Aaltje Zwerver, Winsum
• Anna Maria Gertruda (Truus) Schellen, Horst, Limburg, Nederland

• Adrianus Aernouts (67), Sint-Lenaarts, Brecht, Antwerpen, België
• Andriesje Rieuwerts Kortstra (65), Oldeholtpade, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Alexander Eliza Veen (42), Groesbeek
• Adriaan Marijnissen (54), Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Mechtildis Leeuw (54), Geertruidenberg,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alice Barlow Hulme (78), Wellsville, Cache, Utah Territory, United States
• Aaltje van der Veen (47), Terschelling
• Aart Labots (86), Velp (Rheden)
• Anna Maria Heinz (80), Kallstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
• Aart Labots (86), Velp, Rheden, Nederland

• 1884 » Francis Balfour, English colonel and politician († 1965)
• 1886 » Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and educator († 1957)
• 1890 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American pianist and composer († 1959)
• 1892 » Marcus Lee Hansen, American historian, author, and academic († 1938)
• 1894 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye († 1938)
• 1894 » James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist († 1961)
• 1899 » Arthur Leslie, English-Welsh actor and playwright († 1970)
• 1899 » John Qualen, Canadian-American actor († 1987)
• 1900 » Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic († 1982)
• 1900 » Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician († 1990)

• 1869 » Narcisa de Jesús, Ecuadorian saint (b. 1832)
• 1885 » William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1821)
• 1886 » Isaac Lea, American conchologist, geologist, and publisher (b. 1792)
• 1894 » Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1821)
• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)

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.
• August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
• September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
• 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 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.

The temperature on December 8, 1893 was about 3.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.