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• Adriaan Gerard Ligthart, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 1973)
• Aaltje Bakker, Zuidhorn († 1970)
• Agnes van Steenveldt, Nijmegen
• Johannes Adrianus Vissers, Raamsdonkveer
• (15d) Jacobus Maria Joseph van Besouw, Goirle († 1977)
• Adriaan Gerard Ligthart, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Ouwerkerk, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Adrianus Eliza Matthijs Verschure, Dordrecht, Nederland
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• (15d) Jacobus Maria Joseph (Jacques) van Besouw, Goirle († 1977)

• Anne Tjeerd Wietzesz Nijenhuis (61), Leeuwarden, fr.nld
• Albertus Keuter (69), Amsterdam
• Antonius Hubertus Dam (35), Hoeven, Halderberge, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Vos (34), Oranjedorp (Emmen)
• Aaltien Vos (34), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonius Hubertus Dam (35), Hoeven
• Anna Maria van Herwijnen (6), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Andries Marinus Weijler (1), Sint-Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anton Frederik Daniel Lodewijk (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Wietzes Nijenhuis (61), Leeuwarden

• 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)

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.
• 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.
• July 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
• August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
• 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%.