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• 'Baldewijn' Remi Jan Boudewijin STEVERLYNCK, Vichte, 8570, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1976)
• Albert Prins, Vollenhove († 1978)
• Delfine - Maria Pereboom, Aalst
• Anna Margaretha Annes Vliet van der, Hennaarderadeel
• Andries Holtrop, Noordwijk, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland († 1955)
• Adrianus Albertus Hegge, Overschie,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Aaltje Jansdr Noot, Den Helder († 1893)
• Adriana Mast 1893, Overschie († 1982)
• Amelia Breugelmans, Zandhoven († 1893)
• Anna Margaretha de Vries, Amersfoort, Gemeente Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1980)

• Annechien Wieringa (0), Oostwold, Groningen, Netherlands
• Andreas Jacobusz Tjaarda (88), Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Martinus Beekelaar (53), Erica (gem. Emmen)
• Andreas Tjaarda (88), Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Martinus Beekelaar (53), Emmen
• Adrianus van der Heijden (82), Rosmalen
• Paulus Hendrik Hoogendijk (1), Vledderveen Vledder Drenthe
• Annechien Wieringa (0), Oostwold (gem. Oldambt)
• Anna Gesina Lantermann (40), Meppen Emsland
• Adriana den Haan (27), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1885 » Ernst Bloch, German philosopher, author, and academic († 1977)
• 1885 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss († 1948)
• 1890 » Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter († 1973)
• 1892 » Pavel Korin, Russian painter († 1967)
• 1892 » Richard Aldington, English author and poet († 1962)
• 1893 » R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author († 1968)
• 1894 » Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1895 » Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1898 » Melville Ruick, American actor († 1972)
• 1900 » George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author († 1959)

• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)

• 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.
• May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
• 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.
• July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
• August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
• 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 July 8, 1893 was about 27.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 33%.