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• Alberdina Foskea Hillinga, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida van Wijk, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Martinus Huting († 1974)
• Adrianus Johannes Burger, Alkmaar († 1895)
• Adriana Cornelia van Raak, Tilburg († 1920)
• "Pierre" Hubert Marie Joseph Law de Lauriston de Boubers, Moulins, Allier, France († 1972)
• Alma Townsend Coons, Montclair (Essex County) (New Jersey) († 1979)
• Adrianus Augustinus Eikmans, Schiedam († 1948)
• Alida Knijnenburg, Stompwijk († 1914)
• Alice DUFOORT, Sint-Andries Brugge († 1971)

• Berentien Beuving (67), Beilen
• Aaltje Slomp (3), Westerbork, Drente, Nederland
• Albertina van der Leeuw (63), Echt, Netherlands
• Apolonie Ghislaine BERNIMOULIN (56), Baisy-Thy, 1470, Brabant Wallon, Wallonie, BELGIQUE
• Carolina Margaretha Elisabeth ter Woort (48)
• Beerentien Beuving (67), Beilen
• Antje Jochums de Jong (81), Gorredijk
• Bouwktje Kornelis Fransema (68), Groningen
• Antje Zandburg-Zandberg (49)
• Albertus van Haren (33), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1885 » Harlow Shapley, American astronomer and academic († 1972)
• 1886 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician († 1971)
• 1890 » Moa Martinson, Swedish author († 1964)
• 1890 » Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna († 1933)
• 1891 » David Townsend, American art director and set decorator († 1935)
• 1892 » Alice Brady, American actress († 1939)
• 1893 » Battista Farina, Italian businessman, founded the Pininfarina Company († 1966)
• 1894 » Alexander Lippisch, German-American aerodynamicist and engineer († 1976)
• 1899 » Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer († 1973)
• 1903 » Travis Jackson, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1987)

• 1863 » Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826)
• 1877 » Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
• 1883 » William Morgan, English-Australian politician, 14th Premier of South Australia (b. 1828)
• 1886 » James Watney junior, English brewer, cricketer, and politician (b. 1832)
• 1887 » Alfred Domett, English-New Zealand poet and politician, 4th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Jenny Lind, Swedish operatic soprano (b. 1820)
• 1898 » George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817)
• 1911 » Kyrle Bellew, English actor (b. 1850)
• 1930 » Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874)

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.
• January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
• March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
• May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
• June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
• July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
• July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.

The temperature on November 2, 1894 was about 8.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.