About the day » Tuesday August 14, 1894Calender converter

• Albertha Heringa, Harkstede (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1982)
• Alida Schoenmakers, Hoorn († 1894)
• Anna Vorselaars, Tilburg, Nederland
• Alida (Alie) den Os, Nieuwer Amstel († 1971)
• Adriana Wijnicx, Etten-Leur
• Albertina Wilhelmina van der Meulen, Hilversum († 1960)
• Aleida Johanna Klein Hesselink, Zelhem buurtschap Wassinkbrink († 1971)
• Aartje Wiskerke, Kortgene († 1979)
• Albertha Heringa, Slochteren († 1982)
• Adrianus van Kastel, Zevenbergen

• Alberta Maria van Lamoen (0), Best
• Albertine Justine Cornelia Penders (35), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• ?? Mutters (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Elisabeth Weustenraad (75), Merkelbeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert van der Naald (0), Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Nass (2), Millingen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alfons Schocken (18), Berlin, Berlin, Brandenburg, Germany
• Aldegondis Maria Schroyen (30), Mechelen-Bovelingen, België
• Annie May Montanye (0), Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
• Anna Maria Catharina Kalb (3), Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1887 » Marija Leiko, Latvian actress († 1937)
• 1889 » Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia († 1976)
• 1890 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman († 1946)
• 1892 » Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic († 1988)
• 1893 » Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic († 1975)
• 1895 » Amaza Lee Meredith, American architect († 1984)
• 1895 » Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer († 1973)
• 1896 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Theodor Luts, Estonian director and cinematographer († 1980)
• 1900 » Margret Boveri, German journalist, recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1975)

• 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
• 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)

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.
• 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 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
• June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
• September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
• September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
• November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.

The temperature on August 14, 1894 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.