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Born on Sunday February 11, 1894
- Andries Juffer, Harderwijk († 1894)
- Adrianus Klaassen, Veghel, Nederland († 1948)
- Adriaan Marinus Coomans, Rotterdam
- Anne Gaatzes Tol, Kooten († 1967)
- Aaldert Franciscus Stil, kampen
- Jacobus Johannes Van Loon, Bergen op Zoom († 1979)
- Adriana Maria van der Schouw, Houten, Utrecht, Nederland († 1983)
- Anne Tol, Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1967)
- den Hartog, Culemborg (GL) († 1894)
- Alexandre Eugène Jules ARBEILLE, Nantes, 44109, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France († 1963)
Died on Sunday February 11, 1894
- Albert Douwes Douma (82), Pella, Marion, Iowa, United States
- Ammie Kuhr (2), Menasha, Winnebago, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
- Adriaan Timmerman (0), Ouwerkerk
- Alberta Johanna van Wijk (0), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aleida Antonie Theodora Smeenk (1), Stokkum (Monfterland)_
- Albert Meilink (2), Raalte, overijssel, The Netherlands
- Adriaan van den Brandt (60), Vlijmen, Nederland
- Albert D DOUMA (82)
- Albert Klooker (2)
- adrianus ROBIJN (74)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 11, 1894 at Delpher
Born on February 11
- 1881 » Carlo Carrà, Italian painter († 1966)
- 1897 » Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (d.1954)
- 1898 » Leo Szilard, Hungarian-American physicist and academic († 1964)
- 1900 » Ellen Broe, Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education († 1994)
- 1900 » Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher and scholar († 2002)
- 1900 » Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist († 1958)
- 1902 » Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed Radisson Blu Royal Hotel († 1971)
- 1904 » Keith Holyoake, New Zealand farmer and politician, Prime Minister of New Zealand († 1983)
- 1904 » Lucile Randon, French Supercentenarian
- 1908 » Philip Dunne, American screenwriter († 1992)
Died on February 11
- 1862 » Elizabeth Siddal, English poet and artist's model (b. 1829)
- 1868 » Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
- 1898 » Félix María Zuloaga, Mexican general and unconstitutional interim president (1858 and 1860-1862) (b. 1813)
- 1901 » Milan I of Serbia (b. 1855)
- 1917 » Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician and epidemiologist (b. 1872)
- 1918 » Alexey Kaledin, Russian general (b. 1861)
- 1931 » Charles Algernon Parsons, English-Irish engineer, invented the steam turbine (b. 1854)
- 1940 » Ellen Day Hale, American painter and author (b. 1855)
- 1940 » John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
- 1942 » Jamnalal Bajaj, Indian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
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.
- January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
- March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
- April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
- 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.
- July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
- September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
Weather February 11, 1894
The temperature on February 11, 1894 was about 8.2 °C. There was 12 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.