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• Anna Geertruida Jacoba Wilhelmina Pino Post, Soerakarta, Java, Ned. Indie
• Anna Jelmers Huisman, Workum († 1932)
• Aagje Brouwer, Molenaarsgraaf
• Anna Hendrika Alers, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsus Jacobus HERMANS, Assent
• Anna Huisman, Workum Friesland Nederland († 1932)
• Adrianus Antonius Krijnen, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Trijntje(Geertruida) Gravekamp, Velsen († 1944)
• Angenis Meinders, Hijkersmilde
• Jacobus Johannes Josephus Baijens, Raamsdonkveer

• Adrianus van Maren (0), Heesselt
• Antje de Heer (41), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Pakoeboewono IX (62), Soerakarta (Solo, Nederlands Indie)
• Belia Laponder (61), Varik
• Bastiaan de Ruijter (7), Hardinxveld
• Aart 't Hoen (84), Overschie,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Nederland
• Berend Geerts Groen (76), Ganzedijk, Finsterwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Wellner (46), ´s-Gravenhage
• Anna Catharina van HOVE (58), Retie,, Antwerpen, België
• Arie Wellner (46), DenHaag

• 1884 » Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player († 1934)
• 1885 » Ralph Rose, American track and field athlete († 1913)
• 1886 » Princess Patricia of Connaught († 1974)
• 1888 » Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1961)
• 1889 » Harry Clarke, Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator († 1931)
• 1891 » Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia († 1962)
• 1892 » Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer († 1923)
• 1894 » Paul Green, American playwright and academic († 1981)
• 1895 » Lloyd Rees, Australian painter († 1988)
• 1901 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor († 1970)

• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)

• 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 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
• March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
• July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
• August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
• August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
• September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.

The temperature on March 17, 1893 was about 5.4 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.