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• Anna Blitz, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland († 1943)
• Albert de Vos, Steenwijk († 1959)
• Agnes Barbara Rozek, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1924)
• Aaldrik Kromhof, Den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 1966)
• Anna Maria Verstraeten, Linne, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Helena Voss, Hofe (Bokeloh) († 1974)
• Aart Bonenberg, Nunspeet, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Adriana Petronella Marianne, Zwolle († 1893)
• Adam Haanskorf, Zevenbergen, Nederland († 1893)
• Adriana de Reus, Nieuwerkerk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1893)

• ADRIAANTJE DE ROO (85), oosterland
• Andreas Johannes Dievenbach (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Anthonie Johanes Grimmelikhuijsen (22), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aede Pieters Jorwerda (54), Gauw
• Antje Stadlander (76), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonie Tukker (72), Zuilen
• Antje Jans van der Bij (91)
• Alberta Mantel (42), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amelia Van Der Hoeven (74), Haeltert
• Potters (0), Hoeven (NL)

• 1889 » Albert Jean Amateau, Turkish rabbi, lawyer, and activist († 1996)
• 1889 » Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland († 1918)
• 1890 » Adolf Schärf, Austrian soldier and politician, 6th President of Austria († 1965)
• 1890 » Maurice Duplessis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Quebec († 1959)
• 1891 » Dave Bancroft, American baseball player and manager († 1972)
• 1893 » Harold Lloyd, American actor, comedian, and producer († 1971)
• 1893 » Joan Miró, Spanish painter and sculptor († 1983)
• 1895 » Emile Christian, American trombonist and composer († 1973)
• 1895 » Henry de Montherlant, French essayist, novelist, and dramatist († 1972)
• 1896 » Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot († 1952)

• 1873 » William Tite, English architect, designed the Royal Exchange (b. 1798)
• 1874 » Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1817)
• 1881 » William Burges, English architect and designer (b. 1827)
• 1886 » Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville, French general and diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (b. 1814)
• 1887 » Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1826)
• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)

• 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 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
• June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
• August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
• 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 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.
• November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.

The temperature on April 20, 1893 was about 16.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 54%.