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• Anna Maria van Oploo, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1963)
• Adriana Johanna (Sjaan) van Eeuwen, Waddinxveen († 1979)
• Albertus Antonie Maandag, Doesburg (GL)
• Alexia, Maria Hudders, Oedelem,8730,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,België († 1984)
• Anna Moorman, Oss († 1921)
• Albert Edward Prince, Bethnal Green, London
• Alida Gijsberta Johanna Meijer, Amsterdam
• Adriana Johanna van Eeuwen, Waddinxveen
• Andrea Geertruida Fransen, Steenwijkerwold († 1963)
• Aalbert van Stuivenberg, Veenendaal, Nederland

• Antonetta van Lijssel (55), Beugen en Rijkevoort
• András Takács (76), Túrkeve, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok
• Antonius Jonkers (57), Uden, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Nieuwburg (58), Lange Ruige Weide
• Berend Glazenborg (52), Blijham
• Bart Van Veenendaal (59), Rhenen
• Bastiaan van der Rest (0), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Albert Koenderink (0), Enter (Wierden)
• Adriana Landman (16), Kapelle
• Berend Vos (56), Epe-Vaassen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1886 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American philosopher, academic, and civil servant († 1967)
• 1887 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal († 1976)
• 1891 » Lester Allen, American screen, stage, vaudeville, circus actor, and film director († 1949)
• 1895 » Gregorio López, Mexican journalist, author, and poet († 1966)
• 1896 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and philosopher († 1934)
• 1897 » Frank Fay, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1961)
• 1899 » Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American engineer († 1971)
• 1901 » Lee Strasberg, Ukrainian-American actor and director († 1982)
• 1901 » Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission († 1982)
• 1902 » Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1995)

• 1865 » James McCune Smith, American physician and author (b. 1813)
• 1891 » José María Iglesias, Mexican politician and interim President (1876-1877) (b. 1823)
• 1897 » George Hendric Houghton, American pastor and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh theologian and educator (b. 1847)
• 1905 » Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, (b. 1817)
• 1910 » Ralph Johnstone, American pilot (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician, 29th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Eduard Bornhöhe, Estonian author (b. 1862)
• 1924 » Gregory VII of Constantinople (b. 1850)

• 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.
• February 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
• April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
• June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
• October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
• October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
• November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.

The temperature on November 17, 1895 was about 8.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.