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• Aagje Houtenbos, Egmond-Binnen († 1922)
• adriana van BREUGEL, de werken († 1979)
• Adrian VAN UDEN, Gerwen († 1959)
• Alida APPELDOORN, Hellouw (gemeente Haaften) (Gld.) († 1955)
• Albert Brandenburg, Kampen, Nederland († 1969)
• (Thomas) Franklyn Hetherington, Fullerton, Ontario, Canada († 1966)
• Haantjes, Hemelumer Oldephaert en Noordwolde
• Aagje Houtenbos-, Egmond-Binnen, Nederland († 1922)
• Alida Verheij, Vlaardingen
• Adrianus van Uden, Geffen

• Alice Elizabeth Byefield (30), Saint Mary, Jamaica
• Anna Johanna Suzanna Molet (68), Utrecht
• Abraham Sonius (84), Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Bernarda Wilhelmina de Jong (83), Nijmegen,Gemeente Nijmegen,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Alijda Adriana Catharina van Stokkum (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nl
• Wijnveen (0), Voorthuizen (Barneveld)
• Bernard Friedrich Alexander Roman von Bismarck (82)
• Adolphe Paul FONTAINE (62), St Hugues, Bagot, Quebec, Canada
• Abraham Kornelis Sonius (84), Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• "Bernhard" Friedrich Alexander Ferdinand Roman von Bismarck (82)

• 1885 » George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor († 1969)
• 1889 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel († 1943)
• 1891 » Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist († 1988)
• 1892 » Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer († 1982)
• 1892 » Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia († 1980)
• 1893 » Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager († 1985)
• 1896 » Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player († 1992)
• 1899 » Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic († 1998)
• 1901 » Gary Cooper, American actor († 1961)
• 1903 » Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter († 1988)

• 1868 » Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1778)
• 1872 » Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1876 » William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
• 1887 » C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
• 1896 » H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1861)
• 1902 » Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
• 1917 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
• 1922 » Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1924 » Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897/1898)
• 1925 » William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (b. 1851)

• 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.
• May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
• June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
• June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
• August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
• 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.

The temperature on May 7, 1893 was about 7.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.