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• Adriana Cornelia de Laat, Moergestel († 1963)
• Anna Catharina Nijman, Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1941)
• Adriaan Norbertus van den Dungen, Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Agnes Duke ****, North Carolina, United States († 2000)
• Goetschalckx Anna Maria Ludovica, Lille, Antwerpen, België († 1991)
• Anna Redeker
• Adrianus Jongeling, Breukelen-Nijenrode, Utrecht, Nederland († 1954)
• Adrianus Gerardus Anthonius Konincks, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Adriaan Norbertus van den Dungen, Vlijmen
• Alida Buitenhuis, Weesperkarspel {NH} (gemeente tot 1966) († 1926)

• Anna S. HARDER (34)
• Ricker, Vlaardingen
• Aaltje Dekker (16), Hollandseveld
• Antje Harmens Bakker (60), Franeker
• Anthonia Hendrika van Blokland (0), Utrecht
• Adrianus van Riet (69), Bladel en Netersel
• Arjen Jans de Leeuw (71), Beets, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Arjen Jans de Leeuw (71), Beets, Friesland, Nederland
• Aagje Burggraaf (27), Rotterdam
• Antonius van de Kamp (52), Deventer

• 1887 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager († 1951)
• 1888 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1966)
• 1888 » Percy Kilbride, American actor († 1964)
• 1889 » Arthur Bowie Chrisman, American author († 1953)
• 1895 » Wilfrid Hamel, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Quebec City († 1968)
• 1896 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist († 1969)
• 1896 » Trygve Lie, Norwegian trade union leader and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations († 1968)
• 1902 » Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist and physician († 1977)
• 1902 » Mary Philbin, American actress († 1993)
• 1903 » Fritz Bauer, German lawyer and judge († 1968)

• 1849 » Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)

• 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.
• March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
• April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
• May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
• September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
• 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 July 16, 1895 was about 15.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.