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Born on Sunday December 2, 1894
- albertus Adrianus Houwen, Venlo († 1977)
- Adriana Maria Alblas, Waddinxveen († 1975)
- Griffioen, Mijdrecht († 1894)
- Aaltje Kleve, Baalder († 1895)
- Albert Thomas SABEY, Husborne Crawley, Ampthill, Bedfordshire († 1991)
- Adolfina Timmer, Lienden († 1986)
- Aaltje Baas, Nieuwerkerk aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adriana Maria Alblas, Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- ? ? († 1895)
- Adriana de Jong, Schoonrewoerd
Died on Sunday December 2, 1894
- Albertus Siemerink (78), Oldenzaal
- Adelaide, of Saxe-Meiningen (102), Bentley Priory, Middlesex, England
- Arendje van de TONNEKREEK (78), Oude Tonge
- andreas wijdemans (36), amsterdam
- ?? Remeeus (0), Rotterdam
- Anna Ermers, Escharen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- (69)
- Anne Hanzes Hoekstra (80), Mildam
- Andreas Wijdemans (36), Amsterdam,NL, Nederland
- Algernon Percy Seymour (80)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 2, 1894 at Delpher
Born on December 2
- 1891 » Charles H. Wesley, American historian and author († 1987)
- 1891 » Otto Dix, German painter and illustrator († 1969)
- 1894 » Warren William, American actor († 1948)
- 1895 » Harriet Cohen, English pianist († 1967)
- 1897 » Ivan Bagramyan, Russian general († 1982)
- 1897 » Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political activist († 1987)
- 1898 » Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot († 1918)
- 1899 » John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor († 1970)
- 1899 » John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot († 1952)
- 1899 » Ray Morehart, American baseball player († 1989)
Died on December 2
- 1859 » John Brown, American abolitionist (b. 1800)
- 1881 » Jenny von Westphalen, German author (b. 1814)
- 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
- 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
- 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
- 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
- 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
- 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
- 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
- 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
Names that were popular for boys in 1894
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Wilhelmus
- Antonius
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1894
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Christina
- Elizabeth
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.
- February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
- March 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
- March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
- 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.
- November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
The weather on Sunday December 2, 1894
The temperature on December 2, 1894 was about 6.8 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI