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• Aleida van de Berg, Beerzerveld
• Adrianus Johannes de Haas, Delft († 1964)
• "Yvonne" Marie Josèphe Chasseloup de Châtillon, Fontenay-sous-Bois, Val-de-Marne, France († 1938)
• Akke Reinders Veen van der, Tietjerksteradeel, Fr, Nederland
• Aleida Luberta Brevoord, Zwollerkerspel († 1898)
• Adrianus Nieuwenhuizen, Zwartewaal, NL
• Alberta Anna Aleida van BENTHEM, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Albert van den Berg († 1968)
• Gorter, Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes De Haas, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederlandt († 1964)

• Catharina Boerboom (89), Didam
• cesar augustin joseph taverne (66), moulle (62)
• Abraham Balsink (0), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Zonneveld (38), Heemskerk
• Adriana Meeuwissen (0), Teteringen (gem. Breda, NBr)
• Anna Zonneveld (38), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Balten Doornhein (79)
• Anna Cornelia RIJNAERTS (82), Etten-Leur,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Abraham Boutkan (28), Kangeang
• (Stillborn) GORTER (0), Kollumerland c.a. Friesland Netherlands

• 1884 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer († 1920)
• 1886 » Anton Irv, Estonian captain († 1919)
• 1897 » Earl Webb, American baseball player and coach († 1965)
• 1900 » Hedwig Ross, New Zealand-born educator and political activist, founding member of the Communist Party of New Zealand († 1971)
• 1900 » Hughie Critz, American baseball player († 1980)
• 1900 » J. Willard Marriott, American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation († 1985)
• 1900 » Lena Frances Edwards, African-American physician, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom († 1986)
• 1900 » Martha Ostenso, Canadian screenwriter and novelist († 1963)
• 1901 » Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor († 1972)
• 1902 » Bea Miles, Australian author († 1973)

• 1877 » Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800)
• 1878 » Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
• 1879 » Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)
• 1894 » Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
• 1899 » Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
• 1907 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1908 » Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
• 1909 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)

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 » The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
• January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
• February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
• April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
• August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
• September 20 » Charles Duryea and his brother road-test the first American-made gasoline-powered automobile.

The temperature on September 17, 1893 was about 14.1 °C. There was 12 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.