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Born on Tuesday February 6, 1894
- Albert Rouwendal, Rijssen († 1936)
- Adrianus Weyten, Loenhout († 1976)
- Achiel Van Robaeys, Staden, Belgique († 1918)
- Adrianus Broeders, Nieuw-Beijerland († 1977)
- Albertine Josephine HANY, Saint-M'Hervé, 35300, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne († 1930)
- Adriana Petronella van den Beukel, Monster, Nederland († 1963)
- Andrew Jackson Crobit Patterson, Madison County, Georgia († 1977)
- Adriana Cornelia Maria van den Bosch, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1895)
- Adrianus van Zoggel, Berlicum, Nederland
- Adriaan Anton Maximiliaan Nicolaas Keuchenius, Meester Cornelis Java Indonesia († 1940)
Died on Tuesday February 6, 1894
- Alida Egberta Terheyden (4), Delft
- Aalbert Cornelis van Schutterhoef (0), Tiel
- Arendje Bijker * (11), Basse (Steenwijkerwold)
- Anna Cornelia de Bie (90), Ossendrecht
- Apollonia Catharina van der Salm (1), Wassenaar
- Abraham Scheele (14), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
- Arend Freerks Haak (12)
- Agatha Genot (1), amsterdam, Nederland
- Bernardus Hendrikus Nijenhuis (2), Losser
- TRUYMAN (84)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 6, 1894 at Delpher
Born on February 6
- 1890 » James McGirr, Australian politician, 28th Premier of New South Wales († 1957)
- 1890 » Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician († 1988)
- 1892 » Maximilian Fretter-Pico, German general († 1984)
- 1892 » William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
- 1893 » Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, Pakistani politician and diplomat, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs for Pakistan († 1985)
- 1894 » Eric Partridge, New Zealand-English lexicographer and academic († 1979)
- 1894 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master († 1974)
- 1895 » Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach († 1948)
- 1895 » María Teresa Vera, Cuban singer, guitarist and composer († 1965)
- 1895 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician († 1953)
Died on February 6
- 1865 » Isabella Beeton, English author of Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (b. 1836)
- 1899 » Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1874)
- 1899 » Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1831)
- 1902 » John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
- 1916 » Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867)
- 1918 » Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
- 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
- 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
- 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)
- 1938 » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
Names that were popular for boys in 1894
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Arie
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
- Johan
Names that were popular for girls in 1894
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Neeltje
- Aaltje
- Grietje
- Jacoba
- Trijntje
- Geertruida
- Petronella
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1894
- 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
- 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 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
- February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
- May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
- June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
- July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
- September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
Weather February 6, 1894
The temperature on February 6, 1894 was about 1.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.