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• --- van der Helm, Naaldwijk († 1894)
• Althea Beatrice Statzer, Bristol, Independent Cities, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1972)
• Anna Maria Dimphna Coymans, Geel, België
• Ambrosius De Vogel, Elversele († 1976)
• Abraham Hoogerbrugge, Overschie, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Aalbertje Aalbers, Oosterbeek, Nederland († 1982)
• Alice Short NSHO01.ALI01RD, Bloomfield, Tipton. Staffordshire. England († 1977)
• Alida Engel, Elburg († 1894)
• Adrianus Raaijmakers, Oisterwijk (Oisterwijk) (Noord-Brabant) († 1957)
• Adrianus Knöps, nieuwe tonge (goeree overflakkee)

• Adriaan MOLLEN (47), Valkenswaard
• Annigje Schrijvershof (81), Willige Langerak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Paulus Plaatsman (0), Oosterend, Nederland
• Adriaantje Bijl (2), Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angenita Smit (35), Musselkanaal,Gemeente Stadskanaal,Groningen,Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Plaatsman (0), Oosterend
• - van der Helm (0), Naaldwijk
• Angenita Smit (35), Musselkanaal, Onstwedde
• Albertje Joosten (76), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Andreas Horne, van (63), Roggel,, Limburg, Nederland

• 1885 » Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal († 1953)
• 1885 » Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 1951)
• 1887 » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1889 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist († 1976)
• 1893 » Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1988)
• 1893 » Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher († 1934)
• 1895 » Anita Stewart, American actress († 1961)
• 1901 » Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance († 1989)
• 1904 » Ernest E. Debs, American politician, California State Assembly member, Los Angeles city councilman, and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors († 2002)
• 1905 » Paul Nizan, French philosopher and author († 1940)

• 1864 » Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (b. 1787)
• 1871 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (b. 1797)
• 1873 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
• 1891 » Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (b. 1849)
• 1897 » Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)
• 1919 » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1920 » Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)
• 1921 » John J. Gardner, American politician (b. 1845)

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. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
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.
• February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
• June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
• July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
• 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.
• December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

The temperature on February 7, 1894 was about 9.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.