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• Alle Minderts Nicolai, Munnekezijl († 1978)
• Aaltje Merkus, Gerkesklooster († 1927)
• Anna Catharina Raams, Dussen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Aaltje Alberts, Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alle Nicolai, Munnekezijl, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1978)
• Hendrik Foekema, Bolsward
• Andrew Landheer, Tyrone, Kent City, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1970)
• Adrianus Henricus Liebregts, Vessem, Wintelre en Knegsel
• Adriaan Abraham de Zeeuw, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1973)
• Anna Maria Hellewig, Bemelen, Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands

• Aaltje van Zuijlen (43), Willeskop
• Aaltje Everts Meesen (80), Hoogland
• du Pré (du Pree) (0), Zeist
• Adriana Johanna ter Wee (71), Zwolle
• Albert Lindeman (56), Utrecht
• Aloysius Loos (50), Beverlo, Limburg, België
• Aleijda Roelofs (81), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Mooij (76), Woerden Utr
• Adriaan Schalk (68), Princenhage
• Adriaan Schalk (68), Princenhage, Nederland

• 1889 » Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader († 1965)
• 1890 » Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician († 1946)
• 1892 » Mikhail Gurevich, Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Russian Aircraft Corporation († 1976)
• 1893 » Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian-German architect and politician, Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories († 1946)
• 1893 » Hermann Göring, German commander, pilot, and politician, Minister President of Prussia († 1946)
• 1894 » Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor († 1975)
• 1895 » Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic († 1959)
• 1896 » David Wechsler, Romanian-American psychologist and author († 1981)
• 1899 » Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1965)
• 1899 » Pierre Bernac, French opera singer and educator († 1979)

• 1856 » Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (b. 1815)
• 1861 » Václav Hanka, Czech philologist and author (b. 1791)
• 1892 » James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont, Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone (b. 1820)
• 1892 » William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)
• 1899 » Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (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.
• February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
• March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
• April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
• August 25 » Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
• September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
• December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

The temperature on January 12, 1894 was about -1.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.