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• Adolph M. Kraut, Germany († 1970)
• Anna Elisabeth Janissen, Swalmen
• Anna Helena Bernardina Stelwagen, Rotterdam
• Anna Minna Bierbaß, Gronau
• Albertje Smit, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland († 1952)
• Anna Maria Wiggelman, Driel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1961)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Opstal, Hilvarenbeek († 1956)
• Anna (Jacobs) Stada († 1963)
• Anna Maria Catharina Driessen, Bergen, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Goezinne, Zaandam, Nederland († 1978)

• Adriana Maria van EPENHUIJSEN (51), Dordrecht
• Alice Henrica Meirsschaut (0), Gent
• Aaltje Wensink (61)
• Anna Timmer (64), Apeldoorn-Wiesel
• Catharina Clasina(Joannesdr.) van der Lubbe (70), 's Gravenhage
• Alida van Nussen (69), Utrecht
• Aaltje van Marle (0), Rijssen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Emerentia Morsch (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Bertha Holzer (88), Lissa, Wlkp., Poland
• Anna Elisabeth van Ommeren (81), Rotterdam

• 1884 » Will Cuppy, American author and critic († 1949)
• 1890 » Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday († 1971)
• 1891 » Roy Agnew, Australian pianist and composer († 1944)
• 1894 » John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier († 1959)
• 1897 » Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist († 1958)
• 1900 » Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator († 1991)
• 1900 » Frances Adaskin, Canadian pianist († 2001)
• 1900 » Malvina Reynolds, American singer-songwriter and activist († 1978)
• 1901 » Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager († 1985)
• 1901 » John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany († 1991)

• 1853 » Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)
• 1867 » Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet and author (b. 1796)
• 1892 » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 1900 » Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1840)
• 1924 » Heinrich Berté, Slovak-Austrian composer (b. 1856)
• 1926 » Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
• 1927 » Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1888)
• 1927 » Nicola Sacco, Italian anarchist convicted of murder (b. 1891)
• 1933 » Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
• 1937 » Albert Roussel, French composer and educator (b. 1869)

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 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
• February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
• June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
• July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
• August 14 » France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
• 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.

The temperature on August 23, 1893 was about 18.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.