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• Anna MORET, 's-Gravendeel († 1916)
• Adriana Pieternella de Vin, Rotterdam
• Aldert Bakker, Broek op L'dijk († 1894)
• Adrianus Bernardus van der Knaap, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• (Tochter) Lierhaus, Menden, Mülheim an der Ruhr († 1894)
• Angela Maria Giacoma Ginevra Morgagni, Forli, Forlì-Cesena, Italy
• Alberta Johanna BOLINK, Gorssel,Gemeente Lochem,Provincie Gelderland,Nederland († 1951)
• Alma Alfrieda Nitschke, Little Hampton, South Australia
• Aafje Advokaat, Giessendam (Hardinxveld-Giessendam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Agnes Anna Johanna van der Meulen, 's-Gravenhage

• Catharina Ant. Maria VINCENT (0), Helmond,Gemeente Helmond,North Brabant,Netherlands
• Auke Leeuwkes Hoekstra (63), Sneek, Gem. Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Judith Simons (26), Maastricht
• Adriana ROMMELSE (42), Den Haag
• Faber (75)
• Anna Koster (74), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Algernon Percy Banks Seymour (80)
• Antonia van Dokkum (78), Kapel-Avezaath
• Calvin Bertolet Rhoads (58), Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Alezander Rinkens (0), Kerkrade (L

• 1883 » Karl von Terzaghi, Czech-American geologist and engineer († 1963)
• 1883 » Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler († 1950)
• 1890 » Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor († 1977)
• 1893 » Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor († 1962)
• 1895 » Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel († 1990)
• 1897 » Bud Abbott, American comedian († 1974)
• 1902 » John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician († 1996)
• 1902 » Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria († 1965)
• 1904 » Graham Greene, English novelist, playwright, and critic († 1991)
• 1904 » Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India († 1966)

• 1850 » Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 » François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)

• 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.
• June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

The temperature on October 2, 1894 was about 8.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.