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• Adriana Maria Klasina - Adriana van der Meer, Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Reinders, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1894)
• Alfred Cornelis Petersson, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1965)
• ADRIANA POOT, VRIJENBAN († 1984)
• Adriaantje Poel, Wieringen († 1961)
• * Mara Usina Heijblom, Alblasserdam († 1957)
• Agatha Antonia Schouten, Nieuwer Amstel († 1983)
• Agnes Verrieth, Twisteden, Kevelaer († 1980)
• Althea Garinger, Pennsylvania († 1980)
• Adriana Maria Ammerlaan, Leiden

• Aalbert van Middendorp (57), Ede
• Amalie Elisabeth Schumann (32), Berlin (D)
• Aaltjen Brunshorst (65), Gelselaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aalbert van Middendorp (57), Ede
• Aafke Douwes de Vries (1), apeldoorn
• Andries Vreugdenhil (17), Naaldwijk, Nederland
• Andries Jacobsz Vreugdenhil (17)
• Ale Wijma (78), Grootegast 36
• Andries Jacobsz MONSTER (87), Puttershoek
• Albert Wolters Nijmeijer (82), Weststellingwerf

• 1887 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War († 1945)
• 1888 » Clemence Dane, English author and playwright († 1965)
• 1892 » Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1949)
• 1893 » Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist († 1987)
• 1893 » Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress († 1979)
• 1894 » Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic († 1955)
• 1895 » Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1896 » Nirala, Indian poet and author († 1961)
• 1900 » Jeanne Aubert, French singer and actress († 1988)
• 1902 » Arthur Nock, English theologian and academic († 1963)

• 1846 » Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)
• 1862 » Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)
• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)

• 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 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.
• June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
• June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
• August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
• September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.

The temperature on February 21, 1894 was about -5.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.