• Andrew John Wambach Sr., Georgetown, Clay, Minnesota, United States († 1972)
• Angenietje Klomp, Barneveld
• Anna van der Wal, Wapenveld, Nederland
• Adolphina Clementina Rosez, Antwerpen († 1986)
• Adriana van Aarle, Moergestel
• Albertus Johannes Dievenbach, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Alida van Wijk, Tiel (GL) († 1954)
• * Theodorus Petrus Smits, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Christine Schaffer, Hastings, Dakota County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Aaron Hart

• Benjamin Levy (66), Bede House, St. Bedes Terrace, Sunderland, Durham
• Angelina Soeten (78), Gheel (Larum)
• Anton Grönniger (59), Dankern, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anton Gr”ninger (59), Dankern
• Anna Maria Vancampfort (67)
• Antonius van Oort (0), Dreumel
• Alfred Tournon (56), Melle, Deux-Sèvres, France
• Arnoldus Reijntjens (86), Gilze en Rijen
• Arnoldus Rentiens (87), Gilze en Rijen
• Angelina Soeten (78), Geel, Antwerpen, België

• 1888 » Neville Cardus, English author and critic († 1975)
• 1889 » Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer († 1949)
• 1893 » Leslie Howard, English actor († 1943)
• 1895 » Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian-American composer and educator († 1968)
• 1895 » Zez Confrey, American pianist and composer († 1971)
• 1897 » Joe Kirkwood Sr., Australian golfer († 1970)
• 1897 » Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general († 1989)
• 1898 » David Jack, English footballer and manager († 1958)
• 1898 » George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer († 1981)
• 1898 » Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine († 1967)

• 1849 » Juliusz Słowacki, Polish-French poet and playwright (b. 1809)
• 1868 » Franz Berwald, Swedish composer and surgeon (b. 1796)
• 1880 » Felicita Vestvali, German actress and opera singer (b. 1831)
• 1882 » Jesse James, American criminal and outlaw (b. 1847)
• 1897 » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (b. 1833)
• 1901 » Richard D'Oyly Carte, English composer and talent agent (b. 1844)
• 1902 » Esther Hobart Morris, American lawyer and judge (b. 1814)
• 1930 » Emma Albani, Canadian-English operatic soprano (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (b. 1899)
• 1941 » Pál Teleki, Hungarian academic and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879)

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. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Neeltje
11. Aaltje
12. Grietje
13. Jacoba
14. Petronella
15. Geertruida
16. Trijntje

• 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 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
• March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
• 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.
• August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
• November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.

The temperature on April 3, 1894 was about 6.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.