About the day » Friday May 19, 1893Calender converter

• Anna Lent van, Cuijk en Sint Agatha, NB, Nederland
• Aafke Bouwes, Terheijl, gem. Roden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1971)
• Anna Maria van Kleef, Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1939)
• Anna Schrier, Nieuwvliet, Zeeland, Nederland († 1993)
• Aartje de Looff, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1893)
• Anna Maria Petronella Hermans, Heerlen († 1895)
• Anna Dykema, Muskegon, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Alida Helena De Meyer, Melle († 1965)
• Aartje de Looff, Wissenkerke († 1893)
• Adrianus Gijsbertus van Velthuijsen, Meester Cornelis, Djakarta, Ned.Indië († 1937)

• Antje Reindersma (57), Dragten
• Adriana Blok (90), Arnemuiden
• Anna Janssen (59), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Aldegonda Smolders (67), Oerle
• Amelia Cornelia Boermeester (38), Bangil, Java, Indonesië
• Arendje van Doorn (45), Geervliet, Nederland
• Catharina Langenhof (41), Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Steenbergen (76), Steenbergen, Zuidwolde, De Wolden,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Amelia Cornelia Boermeester (38), Probolinggo,Indonesi√´
• Albert - Roelofs Steenbergen (76), Zuidwolde {DR}, Steenbergen

• 1887 » Ion Jalea, Romanian soldier and sculptor († 1983)
• 1889 » Henry B. Richardson, American archer († 1963)
• 1889 » Tản Đà, Vietnamese poet and author († 1939)
• 1890 » Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German-American illustrator († 1962)
• 1890 » Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam († 1969)
• 1891 » Oswald Boelcke, German captain and pilot († 1916)
• 1893 » H. Bonciu, Romanian author, poet, and journalist († 1950)
• 1897 » Frank Luke, American lieutenant and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1918)
• 1898 » Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and painter († 1974)
• 1899 » Lothar Rădăceanu, Romanian journalist, linguist, and politician († 1955)

• 1876 » Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Peter W. Barlow, English engineer (b. 1809)
• 1895 » José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1853)
• 1898 » William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
• 1901 » Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (b. 1819)
• 1903 » Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (b. 1856)
• 1904 » Auguste Molinier, French librarian and historian (b. 1851)
• 1904 » Jamsetji Tata, Indian businessman, founded Tata Group (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis leader (b. 1837)
• 1907 » Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (b. 1840)

• 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.
• April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
• August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
• August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
• September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.

The temperature on May 19, 1893 was about 20.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.