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• "Octavio María" del Corazón de Jesús Pico, Buenos Aires († 1955)
• Adriaan Jansen, Oosterhout
• Ali Johannes Roelofs, Zwolle († 1964)
• Hoek, Nieuw-Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1893)
• Albert katuin, weerdingerveen († 1894)
• Albert Newton Madden, Thayer, Oregon County, Missouri, United States of America († 1963)
• Alida Hendrika van Ommeren, Lienden († 1893)
• Adelheid Elisabeth Hackling, Aschendorf
• Andries Cornelis Agterberg, Utrecht († 1967)
• Aaltje Bandsma († 1967)

• Adolf Georg van Schaumburg Lippe (75), Bückeburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
• Aafje Zeeman (43), Anna Paulowna
• Abraham Molenaar (0), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Lansingerland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adolf Georg Schaumburg-Lippe (75)
• Adolf I George van Schaumburg-Lippe (75)
• Albert van der Bijl (2), Zevenhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf I. George van Schaumburg-Lippe (75)
• Adrianus Heijnen (0), Wouw
• Verschoor (0), Giessendam
• Adolf Georg Van Schaumburg Lippe (75), Bückeburg, Niedersachsen, Germany

• 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)

• 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 17 » Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
• April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
• June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
• July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
• 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.

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