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• Klaasens, Oranjedorp (Emmen)
• Adriana Maria Slingerland, Zoeterwoude
• Adriana de Groot, Middelburg, ZL.NL († 1985)
• Aart Gerrit Dirk Verweij, Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland († 1973)
• Aafke Renkema, Jamestown Township, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1899)
• Adrianus BRAND, Dordrecht († 1971)
• Abele van der Veer, Nijega, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands († 1962)
• Aan Okkes Piersma, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1947)
• Adelheid Fingerhut
• Adriaan Gerard Ligthart, Vlaardingen († 1973)

• Antje Botes' Smit (84), Akkrum, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Marinus Weijler (1), Sint-Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Benjamins (21), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aaltje Mulder (79), Terwispel
• Anna Maria van Herwijnen (6), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Combé (81), Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Keuter (69), Amsterdam
• Adrianus Heijmans (0), Waalre
• Anne Wietzes Nijenhuis (61)
• Adriana Van Thillo (74), Kalmthout, België

• 1885 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner († 1967)
• 1887 » Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager († 1978)
• 1889 » Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., Russian-American violinist, composer, and conductor († 1985)
• 1889 » Marcel Boussac, French businessman († 1980)
• 1889 » Paul Karrer, Russian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1892 » Freddie Dixon, English motorcycle racer and racing driver († 1956)
• 1893 » Romeo Bertini, Italian runner († 1973)
• 1898 » Maurice Wilson, English soldier, pilot, and mountaineer († 1934)
• 1899 » Randall Thompson, American composer and academic († 1984)
• 1903 » Luis Saslavsky, Argentinian director, producer, and screenwriter († 1995)

• 1852 » Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (b. 1787)
• 1863 » Sir Robert Bateson, 1st Baronet, Irish politician (b. 1782)
• 1900 » Vikramatji Khimojiraj, Indian ruler (b. 1819)
• 1910 » Mark Twain, American novelist, humorist, and critic (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Manfred von Richthofen, German captain and pilot (b. 1892)
• 1924 » Eleonora Duse, Italian actress (b. 1858)
• 1930 » Robert Bridges, English poet and author (b. 1844)
• 1932 » Friedrich Gustav Piffl, Bohemian cardinal (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (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.
• March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
• March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.

The temperature on April 21, 1894 was about 7.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%.