About the day » Wednesday February 22, 1893Calender converter

• ? Pol, Nieuweroord, Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland († 1893)
• Adrianus Plaisier, Ridderkerk († 1896)
• Geerman, Aruba
• Van der Meer († 1989)
• Agatha Holleman, Rotterdam († 1974)
• Agnes Maria Bellen, Heren-Elderen, België († 1979)
• Akke Stijntje Kuiper, Akkrum († 1981)
• Alberdiena Venekamp, Tynaarlo, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1956)
• Adolph Charles F. van Hunnik, Amerongen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Robbeson, Etten-Leur, Nederland († 1893)

• Agnes Maria Wijsbroek (1), Rotterdam
• Benjamin Hirsch Henry Asch (81), Islington, London, Westminster, England
• Adriana van de Giessen (80), Vreeswijk
• Christiaan de Winter (5), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne Alberts Vaartjes (83), Paasloo, Oldemarkt, Nederland
• Ana de Lima Cavalheiro, Lapa, Paraná, Brasil
• Alida Jilleba (75), Vlissingen
• -nn- Flikweert (0)
• Berend de Weerd (2), Apeldoorn, Nederland
• Ale Harmens Hilverda (43), Sneek

• 1887 » Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer († 1933)
• 1887 » Savielly Tartakower, Polish journalist, author, and chess player († 1956)
• 1888 » Owen Brewster, American captain and politician, 54th Governor of Maine († 1961)
• 1889 » Olave Baden-Powell, English scout leader, founded the Girl Guides († 1977)
• 1889 » R. G. Collingwood, English historian and philosopher († 1943)
• 1891 » Vlas Chubar, Russian economist and politician († 1939)
• 1892 » Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright († 1950)
• 1895 » Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, Peruvian politician († 1979)
• 1897 » Karol Świerczewski, Polish general († 1947)
• 1899 » George O'Hara, American actor and screenwriter († 1966)

• 1875 » Charles Lyell, Scottish-English geologist and lawyer (b. 1797)
• 1875 » Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1796)
• 1888 » Anna Kingsford, English physician and activist (b. 1846)
• 1890 » Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (b. 1834)
• 1890 » John Jacob Astor III, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1822)
• 1897 » Charles Blondin, French tightrope walker and acrobat (b. 1824)
• 1898 » Heungseon Daewongun, Korean king (b. 1820)
• 1903 » Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1904 » Leslie Stephen, English historian, author, and critic (b. 1832)
• 1913 » Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (b. 1857)

• 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 13 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
• 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.
• January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
• 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 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
• 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.

The temperature on February 22, 1893 was about 3.8 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.