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January 1894Born on Monday January 1, 1894
- Adrianus van Pelt, Schiedam
- Adriana Jacobs Guijt, Katwijk († 1995)
- Aaltje Schoemaker, Dwingeloo (gem. Westerveld)
- aart VERMEER, westmaas († 1972)
- Adriana Hendrika DE WILDE, Amersfoort
- Abraham Eerenburg, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1952)
- Adam Henry Breunig, Lincoln, Nebraska († 1961)
- Agatha van der Werf, Steenwijk († 1960)
- Abraham Johan van KLAVEREN, Amsterdam († 1979)
- Adriana Anna Kegel, Oud-Beijerland
Died on Monday January 1, 1894
- Annette Josephine Hubertine Bitsch (0), Maastricht
- Anna van Tongeren (36), Deventer
- Alida Huussen (69), Breukelen-St.Pieters
- Aaltjen Kappert (74), Wesepe (Gem.Olst)
- Adriana Westveer (80), Nisse
- Amalie v.SA-Cob-Koháry (46), unbekannt
- Aart 't Hardt (1), Rotterdam
- Ann Wainwright (68), Lithemoor
- ALIDA VAN NOORD (76), 'S-GRAVENHAGE
- adriaantje STEEN (80), oud-beijerland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 1, 1894 at Delpher
Born on January 1
- 1888 » Georgios Stanotas, Greek general († 1965)
- 1889 » Charles Bickford, American actor († 1967)
- 1890 » Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic († 1966)
- 1891 » Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan († 1969)
- 1892 » Mahadev Desai, Indian author and activist († 1942)
- 1892 » Manuel Roxas, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines († 1948)
- 1893 » Mordechai Frizis, Greek colonel († 1940)
- 1894 » Edward Joseph Hunkeler, American clergyman († 1970)
- 1894 » Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist and mathematician († 1974)
- 1895 » J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation († 1972)
Died on January 1
- 1862 » Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
- 1881 » Louis Auguste Blanqui, French activist (b. 1805)
- 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
- 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
- 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
- 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
- 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
- 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
- 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
- 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
Names that were popular for boys in 1894
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Arie
- Gerardus
- Hendrikus
- Johan
Names that were popular for girls in 1894
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Neeltje
- Aaltje
- Grietje
- Jacoba
- Trijntje
- Geertruida
- Petronella
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1894
- 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 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
- May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
- July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
- August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
- November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
Weather January 1, 1894
The temperature on January 1, 1894 was about 2.0 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.