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Born on Tuesday January 2, 1894
- Angelina Alphonsina Lucia Van Essen, Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen
- Albertus Mostert, Barneveld († 1894)
- Anna Maria Heinemann, Hanover, Germany
- Alida Ursem, Monnickendam, Waterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1894)
- Alma Adolfine VERMEULEN, Mater,9700,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1979)
- Alfons De Prest, Oedelem,8730,West Vlaanderen,Vlaanderen,België († 1982)
- Alida Van Bohemen, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1894)
- Adriana Johanna Paanen, Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL († 1969)
- ALBERTUS MOSTERT, VOORTHUIZEN (GEMEENTE BARNEVELD) († 1894)
- Anna Catharina van der Laan, ,, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
Died on Tuesday January 2, 1894
- Andries Folkerts Dijkstra (71), Nijmegen, Gelderland (NL.)
- Adrianus de Vlaam (82), strijen (zuid holland)
- Aaltje Hendriks Leijendekker (77), Dedgum
- Antonius Josephus van Lieshout (24.1.3) (7), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Alida Van Bohemen (0)
- Aaltjen Reudink (63), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
- Antje van der Made (77), Fijnaart en Heijningen, Noord-Barbant, Nederland
- Aaltje van der Horst (30), Oudewater
- Anna Maria Hazelbergs (74), Zeeland (N.Br.)
- Aaltje Mandema (0), Martenshoek, Gemeente Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 2, 1894 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Sumatra-courant : nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Bataviaasch handelsblad
- Bataviaasch nieuwsblad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- Soerabaijasch handelsblad
Born on January 2
- 1889 » Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales († 1973)
- 1891 » Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station († 1990)
- 1892 » Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor († 1958)
- 1892 » Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player († 1962)
- 1895 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish diplomat († 1948)
- 1896 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter († 1954)
- 1896 » Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer († 1982)
- 1897 » Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian († 1965)
- 1900 » Una Ledingham, British physician, known for research on diabetes in pregnancy († 1965)
- 1901 » Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society († 1939)
Died on January 2
- 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
- 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
- 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
- 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
- 1913 » Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
- 1915 » Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
- 1917 » Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
- 1920 » Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
- 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
- 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
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.
- May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
- July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
- 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.
- September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
- 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.
Weather January 2, 1894
The temperature on January 2, 1894 was about -2.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.