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• Abraham Samuel Geuns, Scheemda, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Agnes Paterson, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1973)
• Adrianus Cornelis Hubertus Janissen, Herten
• Alida Maria van Velzen, Kralingen (Rotterdam), Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alice Isabella Marie Cuvelier, Ichtegem, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1894)
• Adriana Hofman, Vlaardingen
• Agatha Honkoop, Stolwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1930)
• Albert Arends, Westerbork, Drenthe, Netherlands(Zwiggelte)
• Damen, Den Haag († 1907)
• Johan van der Hout, 's-Gravenzande

• Anna Christoffelina Bedee (8), Rotterdam
• André Pierre Fortanier (76), Zaandam
• Adriaan de Ridder (68), Arnemuiden
• Berend Jans TUZEE (27), Sneek Friesland Netherlands
• Cornelia Kooman (32), Vlissingen
• Berend Boven (16), Scheemda
• Arriaantje Martens (77), Amsterdam
• Apollonia Bijsterveld (81), Rijswijk
• HENGEVELD (0), Klein Breedenbroek, Gendringen, Gelderland, NL
• Anna Catharina Simons (40), Roosendaal,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND

• 1887 » Raymond Thorne, American swimmer († 1921)
• 1891 » Bharathidasan, Indian poet and activist († 1964)
• 1893 » Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1894 » Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic († 1970)
• 1895 » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor († 1967)
• 1895 » Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic († 1970)
• 1899 » Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1974)
• 1899 » Mary Petty, American illustrator († 1976)
• 1900 » Amelia Best, Australian politician, one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly († 1979)
• 1900 » Concha de Albornoz, Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War († 1972)

• 1854 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)
• 1903 » Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)
• 1905 » Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1916 » Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
• 1920 » William H. Seward Jr., American general and banker (b. 1839)
• 1921 » Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)

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.
• 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.
• June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
• July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
• 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 29, 1894 was about 9.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.