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• Albert E. (Short) MUSK, Muskegon County Michigan U.S.A († 1970)
• Anna Maria Moerman, Maassluis, Nederland
• Aaltje Jannesd Wink, Wanneperveen, ov.nld († 1894)
• Kip, Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1894)
• Adriana Johanna Hendrika van der BLOM, Hillegersberg
• Alfred George Knott, Plantage Paradise Nickerie Suriname († 1961)
• Adriana Middelkoop, Oud-Alblas († 1940)
• Anna Hendrika van der Weerden, Meijel († 1981)
• Adriana Cornelia Broks, Gilze en Rijen († 1982)
• .Frederik Huls († 1964)

• Albertus Zierts (25), Assen,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus Gerhardus HENS (86), Zwolle,, Pays-Bas
• Albert Lukens
• Barend Ottenhof (21), Arnhem
• Barbara Willemsdr. Baan (53), Dordrecht
• Anton Johann Eduard (Eduard) Povel (67), Amsterdam
• Anton Reinhard Falck (62), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Aukje de Haan (2), Augustinusga, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Groen (0), Arnhem, Gld, Nederland
• Annigje Goud (77), Puttershoek

• 1885 » Ralph Rose, American track and field athlete († 1913)
• 1886 » Princess Patricia of Connaught († 1974)
• 1888 » Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1961)
• 1889 » Harry Clarke, Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator († 1931)
• 1891 » Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia († 1962)
• 1892 » Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer († 1923)
• 1894 » Paul Green, American playwright and academic († 1981)
• 1895 » Lloyd Rees, Australian painter († 1988)
• 1901 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor († 1970)
• 1902 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer († 1971)

• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)

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 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
• May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
• June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
• August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
• September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
• November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.

The temperature on March 17, 1894 was about 4.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.