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• Anna Christina Hofmans, Escharen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)
• Albert Schonewille, De Krim († 1961)
• Adriaan Petrus Jansen, Oosterhout
• Ali Johannes Roelofs, Zwolle
• Alfred van Gescher († 1979)
• alexandre RICHARD, Dour (Belgium) († 1921)
• Adriana Deijkers, Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1893)
• Albertina Geertruida Menalda, Leeuwarden,Gemeente Leeuwarden,Friesland,Netherlands
• Adrianus Petrus Jansen, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1983)
• Anna Stork, Hengelo (Overijssel) († 1893)

• Albert van der Bijl (2), Zevenhoven
• ? ? (66)
• Anna Gertruid Wetzels (3), Groenstraat, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolphe Ier de Schaumbourg-Lippe (75)
• Hoek (0), Nieuw-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf George van Schaumburg-Lippe (75), Bückeburg, Duitsland
• Adolf Georg van Schaumburg Lippe (75), Bückeburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
• Abraham Goedhart (41), Wolphaartsdijk
• ? Verburg (0)
• Adolf I George van Schaumburg-Lippe (75)

• 1892 » Adriaan Pelt, Dutch journalist and diplomat († 1981)
• 1893 » Edd Roush, American baseball player and coach († 1988)
• 1893 » Francis Ouimet, American golfer († 1967)
• 1893 » Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster († 1963)
• 1895 » Edmund Wilson, American critic, essayist, and editor († 1972)
• 1895 » Fulton J. Sheen, American archbishop († 1979)
• 1895 » James H. Kindelberger, American businessman († 1962)
• 1898 » Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal († 1960)
• 1899 » Arthur Q. Bryan, American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio personality († 1959)
• 1899 » Friedrich Hayek, Austrian economist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)

• 1853 » Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1785)
• 1880 » Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
• 1891 » Helena Blavatsky, Russian-English mystic and author (b. 1831)
• 1891 » John Robertson, English-Australian politician, 5th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1816)
• 1893 » Manuel González Flores, Mexican general and president, 1880–1884 (b. 1833)
• 1903 » Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1848)
• 1907 » Edmund G. Ross, American soldier and politician, 13th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1826)
• 1925 » John Beresford, Irish polo player (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Natalie, queen consort of Serbia (b. 1859)

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.
• January 13 » U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USSBoston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
• March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
• May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
• 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 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
• September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.

The temperature on May 8, 1893 was about 10.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.