About the day » Wednesday January 31, 1894Calender converter

• Anna Maria Alida Nooder, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus de Rooij, Hoeven
• Abraham Kwik, Hof van Delft († 1963)
• Alphonse Jean Joseph Debougnoux, Sint-Martens-Voeren/Fouron-Saint-Martin, 2228, Limburg, Belgique
• Alexander Jacob Ros, Aardenburg
• Albertje Withoff, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1951)
• Abraham Kwik, Hof van Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1963)
• Adrianus Henricus Coppens, Goirle
• Ana Nolasquina Vilhena de Moura, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1969)
• Phillips († 1894)

• Albert Bruin (0), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldert Aalderts Zomer (53), Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan Bertens (51), Gemeente, Tilburg Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje van de Buser (74), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• * Gerardus Johannes (2) Oostrom (Oosterom) (0), Vleuten, Utrecht, NL
• Adriaan Tak (62), Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Van De Buser (74), Nijmegen (GL)
• Anna Maria Baggen (43), Amstenrade
• Aaldert Zomer (53), Zuidwolde, De Wolden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alexander Cyril Cocquyt (0), Oostkerke-Bij-Damme, WVL, B

• 1884 » Theodor Heuss, German journalist and politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1963)
• 1889 » Frank Foster, English cricketer († 1958)
• 1892 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer († 1964)
• 1894 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1956)
• 1896 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian († 1966)
• 1900 » Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector († 1982)
• 1902 » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Julian Steward, American anthropologist († 1972)
• 1902 » Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded White Spot († 1978)
• 1902 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress († 1968)

• 1844 » Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)
• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)

• 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 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
• March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
• 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.
• May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
• August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
• December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

The temperature on January 31, 1894 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.