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• Adrianus Johannes van Berkel, Loon op Zand, Netherlands
• Albartus Petrus Jansen, Rheden († 1911)
• Aaltje van der WEIJDEN, Dubbeldam († 1973)
• Adelheide Josephine Maria Zweijpfenning, Eindhoven
• Catharina Knip, Delft († 1963)
• Albert Marie Joseph Remi Goormachtigh, Brugge, 8000, West Vlaanderen († 1960)
• Aart de With, Heicop en Boeicop
• Alberta van Wijk, Jutphaas, Utrecht, Nederland († 1953)
• Adriana Hilda Kuvener, Haarlem († 1903)
• Aartje BESTMAN, Dirksland

• Abraham Wensveen (2), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Bosveld (74), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Eller (0), Wonsheim, Germany
• Douwstra (0)
• Abraham Roelse (70), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Sebastianus Johannes Zijlmans (0), Raamdonksveer
• Althea Matthews (80), Callaway, Missouri, United States
• Albert Nijdam (49), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Johannes Smit (4), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Weerdingermarke)
• Andreas Ludovicus Mandonx (32), Balen

• 1890 » Dick Richards Welsh international footballer, forward
• 1890 » Nina Hamnett, Welsh-English painter and author († 1956)
• 1891 » Katherine Stinson, American aviator († 1977)
• 1892 » Radola Gajda, Czech commander and politician († 1948)
• 1894 » Jack Benny, American actor and producer († 1974)
• 1895 » Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist († 1973)
• 1895 » Wilhelm Burgdorf, German general († 1945)
• 1898 » Bill Tilman, English mountaineer and explorer († 1977)
• 1898 » Fritz Zwicky, Swiss-American physicist and astronomer († 1974)
• 1900 » Jessica Dragonette, American singer († 1980)

• 1870 » St. John Richardson Liddell, American general (b. 1815)
• 1881 » Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (b. 1812)
• 1884 » Lydia Hamilton Smith, African-American businesswoman (b. 1813)
• 1885 » Jules Vallès, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » William Tecumseh Sherman, American general (b. 1820)
• 1894 » Eugène Charles Catalan, Belgian-French mathematician and academic (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Edward Stafford, Scottish-New Zealand educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Giovanni Passannante, Italian anarchist (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Heikki Ritavuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and lawyer (b. 1875)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Gerardus
15. Hendrikus
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Neeltje
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Jacoba
14. Trijntje
15. Geertruida
16. Petronella

• 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 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
• 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 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
• 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.
• June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
• July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.

The temperature on February 14, 1894 was about 1.3 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.