About the day » Friday February 16, 1894Calender converter

• Willem Frederik Helsloot, IJsselstein († 1946)
• Abraham Jansen, Axel († 1939)
• Adrianus de Zeeuw, Rotterdam († 1926)
• Aaltje Visser, Edam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Aagje Wegerif, Apeldoorn († 1959)
• Adriaan Bruining Zijp, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Adriana Van Der Wal, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Visser, Volendam, Nederland († 1957)
• AALTJE GEERTS, Oosteinde (Ruinerwold)
• Albert Tuitman, Kantens († 1977)

• Hofman (0), Rotterdam
• Arie~Dirkz Otto (0), Broek op L'dijk
• Antonius Johannes Janmaat (0), Nieuwveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Betje Oliemans (2), Zevenhuizen
• Caroline Dieffenderfer (58)
• Adriana van de MOER (82), Ossendrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth HELEVEN (61), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Balter Hubertus Koelgen (Kölgen) (47), Nieuwenhagen
• Arie Maarten Plessing (0), Utrecht
• Bernardus Embsen (53), Zenderen, Borne, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1884 » Robert J. Flaherty, German-Irish American director and producer († 1951)
• 1886 » Andy Ducat, English international footballer (forward and manager) and Cricketer († 1942)
• 1887 » Kathleen Clifford, American actress († 1962)
• 1891 » Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic († 1968)
• 1893 » Katharine Cornell, American actress and producer († 1974)
• 1896 » Eugénie Blanchard, French super-centenarian († 2010)
• 1901 » Chester Morris, American actor († 1970)
• 1901 » Wayne King, American singer-songwriter and conductor († 1985)
• 1902 » Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer († 1968)
• 1903 » Edgar Bergen, Swedish-American ventriloquist and actor († 1978)

• 1862 » William Pennington American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of New Jersey, 23rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1796)
• 1898 » Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealand journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1843)
• 1899 » Félix Faure, French merchant and politician, 7th President of France (b. 1841)
• 1907 » Giosuè Carducci, Italian poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1912 » Nicholas of Japan, Russian-Japanese monk and saint (b. 1836)
• 1917 » Octave Mirbeau, French journalist, novelist, and playwright ( (b. 1848)
• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)

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.
• 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.
• June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
• July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
• September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
• September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.

The temperature on February 16, 1894 was about 0.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.