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• Adriana Cornelia Boons, Raamsdonksveer, Provincie Noord Brabant Nederland († 1979)
• Adrianus Lagendijk, Ridderkerk
• AÁaron PINTO, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Adriana Verweij, Lange Ruige Weide (Z.-H.), Neth
• Aartje Stehouwer, Zwijndrecht, Nederland († 1900)
• Albertje de Boer, Parrega
• Alida van Sante, Zaandam († 1964)
• Albertus Gerardus Peeters, Nijmegen, Nederland
• Adrianus Kraal, Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• Alverina Custodio Neves, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

• Aaltje Meurs (90), Oostwoud
• Anna van Van Unen (44), Zalk en Veecaten
• Anna (Annigje) van Unen (44), Zalk en Veecaten, Ov, The Netherlands
• Bernard Heinrich Schmitz (0), Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Aaltje Niemeijer (43), Nijverdal
• Anthonius van der Lans (25)
• Antonius van der Lans (25), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius van der Lans (25), Gemeente Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Johannes van Empel (4), Amersfoort
• Antje Post (67), Sappemeer

• 1890 » Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist († 1980)
• 1891 » Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic († 1971)
• 1891 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright († 1940)
• 1892 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral († 1977)
• 1892 » Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer († 1969)
• 1893 » José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema († 1959)
• 1894 » Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist († 1973)
• 1895 » Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician († 1972)
• 1895 » William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician († 1941)
• 1898 » Arletty, French model, actress, and singer († 1992)

• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)

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 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
• July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
• September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
• September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
• November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
• 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 May 15, 1894 was about 17.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.