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• Adrienne Gabrielle Wilhelmine Hubertine Maria Regout, Maastricht,Gemeente Maastricht,Limburg,Netherlands
• Albert Adolf Karel VAN SEVEREN, Wetteren,9230,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1969)
• Adrianus Petrus Louws, Gilze en Rijen († 1960)
• Adriaan Marinus Everaers, St. Philipsland
• Annie Van Dissel, Amsterdam († 1970)
• Anna Maria Lemmens, Elsloo (L († 1896)
• Alice Emma Cross, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia († 1986)
• Adrienne Gabrielle Wilhelmin Hubertine Marie REGOUT, Heer (Limburg) (NL) († 1975)
• Adriaan van Neijenhoff, Amsterdam († 1985)
• Adrianus Marinus van der Linden, Langbroek († 1945)

• Adriana de Jongh (75), Halsteren, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia de Weert (95), Brink en Orde (Apeldoorn)
• Aaltje Boekel (43), Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Backes (57), Föhren, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Andries Steunenberg (52), Deventer
• Antonius Cornelis van Zutphen (0), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje ten Tooren (0), Ommen
• Anna maria van Heijst (0), Tilburg
• Aaltje ten Tooren (0), Ommen, Stad
• van der Form (0), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland

• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)
• 1885 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic († 1951)
• 1888 » David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1974)
• 1893 » Prajadhipok, Thai king († 1941)
• 1896 » Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager († 1977)
• 1896 » Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian painter and graphic artist († 1975)
• 1897 » Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist († 1980)
• 1898 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer († 1937)
• 1900 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author († 1949)
• 1904 » Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian († 1990)

• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)

• 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.
• January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
• January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
• March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
• May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
• October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
• 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 8, 1895 was about 11.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.