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• Anna Petronella Gertrudis Stakenborg, Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands († 1893)
• Adrianus Martinus Schapendonk, Tilburg († 1970)
• Aartje Nummerdor, Ermelo
• Anthonius Maria Maas, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Antonia Johanna van Hemert, Appeltern († 1968)
• Anna Katharina Reith, Leszkówki, Drewnica, Nowodworski, Polen († 1898)
• Adrianus Josephus De Vocht, Arendonk († 1953)
• Adriana van Angelen, Vreeswijk
• Alida Wijnanda Hartman, Benschop, Nederland
• Alfred B Ellis, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten

• Albert de Ruijter (81), Den Burg (Texel, NH)
• Albert Doekes van der Schaaf (91), Barradeel, FRI, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus Seegers (10), Baarle-Nassau
• Aafke Annes Werkhoven (68), Berlikum
• Anna Verhees (71), Someren
• Antonia Pouw (69), Zwammerdam
• Albert Vleems (59)
• Antonie Van Der Stap (88), Delft, S.Holl., Neth
• Albert Mooij (57), Utrecht
• Anna Gertrud Aben (70), Echt-Susteren (Echt) (Limburg)

• 1884 » Chief Bender, American baseball player and coach († 1954)
• 1885 » Kingsley Fairbridge, South African-Australian scholar and politician († 1924)
• 1887 » Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain, Medal of Honor recipient († 1941)
• 1889 » Herbie Taylor, South African cricketer and soldier († 1973)
• 1890 » Christopher Morley, American journalist and author († 1957)
• 1892 » Dorothy Garrod, British archaeologist († 1968)
• 1898 » Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont blues singer and guitar player († 1959)
• 1898 » Elsie Eaves, American engineer († 1983)
• 1899 » Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1900 » Helen Redfield, American geneticist († 1988)

• 1883 » John O'Shanassy, Irish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1818)
• 1892 » August Wilhelm von Hofmann, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
• 1896 » Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
• 1902 » Bret Harte, American short story writer and poet (b. 1836)
• 1907 » Şeker Ahmed Pasha, Turkish soldier and painter (b. 1841)
• 1913 » Henry Moret, French painter (b. 1856)
• 1916 » John MacBride, Irish soldier and rebel (b. 1865)
• 1916 » Maurice Raoul-Duval, French polo player (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Alfred Hermann Fried, Austrian journalist and publicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1924 » A. Sabapathy, Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1853)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
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 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
• March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
• July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
• September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.
• November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.
• December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.

The temperature on May 5, 1893 was about 11.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.