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• Aaltje Ooms, Zevenhuizen, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Aafke Doorn, 't Zandt, Zeerijp, Groningen, Nederland († 1955)
• Adriana Varkevisser, Katwijk, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1985)
• Alida Springer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriana Maria van Zon, Udenhout († 1897)
• Aleida Poll, Noordhorn (gem. Westerkwartier)
• Adriana Cornelia de Kock, EST († 1896)
• Alida Springer, Amsterdam Noord-Holland Nederland († 1944)
• Alexandrine Marie-Elisabeth Ferdinanda von Bissing, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany († 1978)
• Abraham Dommisse, Domburg, Walcheren, NL

• Abraham Gerrit Hendrik Grutterink (28), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adrianus Dullemont (80), Hekendorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltien Veenhoff (78), Groningen,Groningen,Groningen,Nederland
• Albert-Gerben Schrok (47), Bojonegoro, East Java, Indonesia
• Aleida (Aaltje) Mossink (70), Voorst
• Adriana Florisse (59), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Adrianus Dullemond (80), Hekendorp,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aleida Mossink (71), Wilp (voorst)
• Adriana Elisabeth de Quaasteniet (0), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Dullemont (80), Hekendorp

• 1885 » Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author († 1973)
• 1890 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral († 1947)
• 1891 » Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet and translator († 1938)
• 1891 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player († 1920)
• 1893 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor († 1951)
• 1895 » Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1973)
• 1896 » Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress († 1982)
• 1902 » Nâzım Hikmet, Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright († 1963)
• 1902 » Saud of Saudi Arabia († 1969)
• 1903 » Paul A. Dever, American lieutenant and politician, 58th Governor of Massachusetts († 1958)

• 1866 » Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
• 1876 » Eliza McCardle Johnson, American wife of Andrew Johnson, 18th First Lady of the United States (b. 1810)
• 1885 » Leopold Damrosch, German-American composer and conductor (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Fanny Kemble, English actress (b. 1809)
• 1896 » Mathew Brady, American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)
• 1905 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1909 » Arnold Janssen, German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Karl Liebknecht, German politician (b. 1871)
• 1919 » Rosa Luxemburg, German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)

• 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 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
• June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
• November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
• December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
• December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
• December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.