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• Aaltje Halling, Moordrecht († 1968)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Jongenelen, Oudenbosch
• Adrianus Leonardus Straathof, Leimuiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1894)
• Albert James Falkenstein, Kew, Greater London, England († 1983)
• Alexandre Lucien Baudry, Pont a Marcq, 59710, France († 1916)
• Aaltje Arjaantje BAARDMAN, Groot-Ammers († 1977)
• Albertus van Emmerik, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Agatha Bart, Monnickendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Aagje Jacoba van den Berg, Jaarsveld († 1977)
• Albertus Nieboer, Groningen († 1993)

• Albert Flatow (31), Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Anna Regelina Kuitert (83), Zwolle
• Antonia Eijk (32), Landsmeer
• Anna Catharina Vermeiren (57), Rotselaar
• Carel Alphonse SICKENGA (7), Weststellingwerf Friesland Netherlands
• Anthonia Christina TIGGELMAN (0), Langerak
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Aerts (34), Blerick
• Bernardus_Jacobus_Petrus Steijger (0), Hof van Delft
• Andries van de Wiel (0), Nieuwkuijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Regelina Cornelia KUITERT (83), Zwolle

• 1886 » Edward Ballantine, American composer and academic († 1971)
• 1887 » Dudley Benjafield, English racing driver († 1957)
• 1889 » George Kenney, Canadian-American general († 1977)
• 1889 » John Middleton Murry, English poet and author († 1957)
• 1890 » Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale, English captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland († 1956)
• 1891 » William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English field marshal and politician, 13th Governor-General of Australia († 1970)
• 1892 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer († 1962)
• 1893 » Wright Patman, American lieutenant and politician († 1976)
• 1895 » Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban pianist and composer († 1963)
• 1895 » Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland († 1978)

• 1866 » John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 » James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)

• 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 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.
• September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
• October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
• November 12 » Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between Afghanistan and the British Raj.

The temperature on August 6, 1893 was about 17.7 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.