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• Anna Johanna Helena Panman, Groningen, Gemeente Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1980)
• Alberdina Hartsuiker, Havelte († 1971)
• Adriana Antonetta Mulders, Ginneken en Bavel
• Albertina Francisca Rijntjes, Delft († 1983)
• Aafje Hendrika Mooij, Medemblik († 1970)
• Aagje Zweet, Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Robben, Bargercompascuüm gem. Emmen
• Anna Helena Volmaring, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Zunneberg, Zwolle
• Brinkman, Ruwiel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Ariaantje Vergeer (83), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• ?? Polderman (0), Kralingen
• Antonius Constantius Josephus Greeven (0), Heumen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annetje Cornelis Puijk (74), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna de Bok (53), Oosthuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annee Zijlstra (83), Leeuwarderadeel, Fr, Nederland
• Adriaan Jacobus Broere (0), LageZwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Albartus Gerhardus Breukink (0), Doesburg, Nederland
• Arie Cornelis van der Aa (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna de Bok (53), Oosthuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1890 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist († 1980)
• 1891 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic († 1971)
• 1891 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright († 1940)
• 1892 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral († 1977)
• 1892 » Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer († 1969)
• 1893 » José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema († 1959)
• 1894 » Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist († 1973)
• 1895 » Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician († 1972)
• 1895 » William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician († 1941)
• 1898 » Arletty, French model, actress, and singer († 1992)

• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Arie
13. Dirk
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.
• February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
• April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
• May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
• August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
• 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.
• September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.

The temperature on May 15, 1893 was about 22.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.