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• Andre Vansteenkiste, Wevelgem, België († 1974)
• Adonirum Judson Bryan, Shop Springs, TN († 1962)
• Angenieta Johanna Choufoer, Delft
• Antje Maria van NEE, Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland
• Allegonda Christina Bouwman, Ouder-Amstel († 1974)
• Anna van den Akker, Zoeterwoude († 1913)
• Anthonij Dingeman van der Beek, Haarlemmermeer, Nederland († 1953)
• Anna Gerdina Cornelia van Loon, Tilburg († 1894)
• Aloysius Wilhelmus Van Der Linden, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1953)
• Angenieta Johanna Choufoer (Choufour), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands († 1987)

• Anna Louwerina Julianus (59), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus (Arie) Oudshoorn (82), Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arij Oudshoorn (82), Houten
• Alida Schalkwijk (0), Barwoutswaarder
• Catharina Johanna Bakx (0), Steenbergen
• Bernardus Johannes van Veen (23), leimuiden
• Christina Lucia Taeckes Smeding (71), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Catherine MERCHET (67), Escautpont... Hauts de France
• Catharina Johanna Bakx (0), Steenbergen
• Arie Oudshoorn (82), Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands

• 1885 » Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic († 1966)
• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)
• 1885 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic († 1951)
• 1888 » David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1974)
• 1893 » Prajadhipok, Thai king († 1941)
• 1896 » Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager († 1977)
• 1896 » Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian painter and graphic artist († 1975)
• 1897 » Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist († 1980)
• 1898 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer († 1937)
• 1900 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author († 1949)

• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)

• 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.
• 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.
• August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
• 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 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
• November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

The temperature on November 8, 1894 was about 8.6 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.