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• Anna Geertruda Maria Smits, Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1979)
• Anna Cornelia Hopmans, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aalte van Hofwegen, Sliedrecht († 1967)
• Alphonsus Stalpaert, Oordegem (Lede), OVLd, Be († 1895)
• Aalbert Johannes Koch, Geldermalsen († 1894)
• Aartje Hagen, Nunspeet († 1992)
• Anna Hof, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1972)
• Anna Cornelia Hopmans, Bergen op Zoom († 1963)
• Anna Zwart, Velsen († 1964)
• Aaltje Willems Hoekstra, Kollumerzwaag, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Friesland, Nederland († 1986)

• Adrianus Johannes Jo(h)annes annes Eras (61), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Hiemstra
• (2) Philomene Libbrecht (50), Deerlijk (W-VL) België
• Aleida Tiecke (61), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Amelia Shoff (85), Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States
• Aleida Alberta Roest (0), Nijkerk
• Adriaan der Kinderen (82), Sint-Oedenrode, NL
• Aaltje Berbers de Jong (58), Opende, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adrianus Moret (4), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Johannes Sluijter (7), Rotterdam

• 1886 » Charlie Ruggles, American actor († 1970)
• 1888 » Edith Evans, English actress († 1976)
• 1888 » Giuseppe Ungaretti, Egyptian-Italian soldier, journalist, and poet († 1970)
• 1890 » Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1960)
• 1893 » Ba Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma († 1977)
• 1894 » King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1897 » Zakir Hussain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India († 1969)
• 1899 » Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1970)
• 1903 » Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1903 » Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)

• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)

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.
• January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
• February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
• March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
• 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 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
• June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.

The temperature on February 8, 1894 was about 7.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.