About the day » Wednesday January 31, 1894Calender converter

• Alexander Arnoldus van DALEN († 1945)
• Wybenga, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Netherland († 1894)
• Andries Martinus Heederik, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1965)
• Aaltje van der Sleen, Hollandscheveld
• Andries Martinus Heederik, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Kwik, Hof van Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• ?? Heerius, (FR) Leeuwarden († 1894)
• Anna Rosendal, De Krim
• Anna Maria Smits, Dongen († 1917)
• Adrianus Henricus (Janus) COPPENS, Goirle († 1972)

• Aaltjen GRUTTERINK (84), Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Toebak (44), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Marx (0), Gulpen, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Buser (74), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Faas (44), Leeuwarden
• Phillips (0)
• Aaldert Zomer (53), Kerkenveld (gem. De Wolden)
• Anna Maria Baggen (43), Amstenrade
• Albertus Ensink (25), Ommen
• * Gerardus Johannes (2) Oostrom (Oosterom) (0), Vleuten, Utrecht, NL

• 1884 » Theodor Heuss, German journalist and politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1963)
• 1889 » Frank Foster, English cricketer († 1958)
• 1892 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer († 1964)
• 1894 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1956)
• 1896 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian († 1966)
• 1900 » Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector († 1982)
• 1902 » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Julian Steward, American anthropologist († 1972)
• 1902 » Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded White Spot († 1978)
• 1902 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress († 1968)

• 1844 » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)
• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Neeltje
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Jacoba
14. Trijntje
15. Geertruida
16. Petronella

• 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.
• March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
• April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
• June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
• August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
• November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
• November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.

The temperature on January 31, 1894 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.