About the day » Wednesday February 14, 1894Calender converter

• Adriana Verberne, Breda, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1975)
• Aaltje Koetsier, Oene (Gem. Epe)
• Aaltjen Johanna Modderkolk, Lieren
• de Bree, Tienhoven, Nederland († 1985)
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• , Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1959)
• Addie M Barker († 1974)
• Adriana Vendrig, Montfoort († 1965)
• Catharina Sophia Happee, ! Rotterdam († 1920)
• Adriana Vendrig, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1965)

• alida kraaijkamp (36), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Antoon van Baak (0), Terwolde, Gld, The Netherlands
• Albertus Bosveld (74), Arnhem
• Achiel Cyriel Lefevere (0), Rumbeke, België
• Alberdina Johanna Strick (42), ·Äòs-Hertogenbosch
• Abraham Adriaanse Roelse (70), Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Aaltje Krabbenbosch (72), Maartensdijk, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Bosveld (71), Arnhem
• Angel Maria Croes (0)
• Anna Eller (0), Wonsheim, Germany

• 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)

• 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.
• 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.
• May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
• June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
• 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.
• September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.

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%.