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• Abraham Holverda, Leiden († 1977)
• Aaltje Franken, Hulshorst († 1975)
• Aleida Pullen, hardenberg († 1970)
• Radstake, Zelhem († 1973)
• (Levenloos geboren) van Bokhoven (van Bockhoven), Helmond, Nederland († 1895)
• Alida Maria Korevaar, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)
• Adriana Ansems, Oosterhout, Nederland
• Adriana Dielemans, Etten-Leur († 1895)
• de Hoop, Emmer Compascuum
• "Madeleine" Marie Charlotte Férault de Falandre, La Vespière, Calvados, France († 1980)

• Aletta Wilhelmina Christina van Spierenburg (77), Rotterdam
• Anna Jacoba Martini Buys (32), Haarlem,Gemeente Haarlem,North Holland,Netherlands
• Albert ter Horst (92), Nijverdal
• Aaltje Nijdam (66), Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna de Jong (68), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aartje Veldhuizen (0), Baarn(UT)
• Aaltje de Groot (80), Schokland
• Slabbekoorn (0), Kapelle
• (Levenloos geboren) van Bokhoven (van Bockhoven) (0), Helmond, Nederland
• Anna Geertruid Brinkhuis (88), Heerde, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1888 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1953)
• 1888 » Paul Popenoe, American founder of relationship counseling († 1979)
• 1890 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint († 1902)
• 1890 » Michael Collins, Irish general and politician, 2nd Irish Minister for Finance († 1922)
• 1890 » Paul Strand, American photographer and director († 1975)
• 1897 » Louis de Cazenave, French soldier († 2008)
• 1898 » William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist († 1980)
• 1900 » Edward Ardizzone, Vietnamese-English author and illustrator († 1979)
• 1900 » Goose Goslin, American baseball player and manager († 1971)
• 1900 » Primo Conti, Italian painter and poet († 1988)

• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Wilhelmus
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Neeltje
15. Petronella
16. Trijntje

• 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 May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
• June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
• August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
• October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
• October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
• November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

The temperature on October 16, 1895 was about 10.9 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.