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• Aaltje Vochteloo, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1894)
• Aagje Hoogendoorn, Ruwiel,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria André de la Porte, Malang (Java), Indonesië
• Alberta Jørgine Henriette Ingemannsen, Støvset, Skjerstad, Nordland, Norway († 1985)
• Jan Vosgezang, Diepenheim
• Agnes Wilhelmina Lutter, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• van der Leeden, den Haag († 1894)
• Adriaantje Johanna van DAMME, Zierikzee
• Aaltje Klink, Voorburg († 1979)
• Aaltje Vochteloo, Ooststellingwerf(FR) († 1894)

• adriana jansdr MARIS (76), fijnaart
• (19) Eugénie Philippine Jeannette BARBEZAT (57), Besançon, 25000, Franche-Comté, FRANCE
• Adriana Cornelia van der Westen (51), Roosendaal en Nispen (NL)
• Andreas Geens (49), Herentals, België
• Alida Johanna Brandenburg (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Magdalena van Brussel (67), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius van Gageldonk (73), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• ALBERTINA SMETS (1), Borgerhout
• Andries Jans Dragt (2), Zwartsluis
• Albertus Hermanus Mulder (47), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1886 » Al Jolson, American singer and actor († 1950)
• 1887 » Ba U, 2nd President of Burma († 1963)
• 1893 » Eugene Aynsley Goossens, English conductor and composer († 1962)
• 1895 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist († 1965)
• 1895 » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer († 1971)
• 1898 » Christfried Burmeister, Estonian speed skater († 1965)
• 1898 » Ernst Bacon, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1990)
• 1899 » Antonio Barrette, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Premier of Quebec († 1968)
• 1899 » Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian lawyer and politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate († 1997)
• 1900 » Karin Juel, Swedish singer, actor, and writer († 1976)

• 1881 » Jakob Bernays, German philologist and academic (b. 1824)
• 1883 » Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian ruler (b. 1808)
• 1902 » Almon Brown Strowger, American soldier and inventor (b. 1839)
• 1904 » Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French physician and neurologist (b. 1857)
• 1908 » Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Indian religious leader, founded the Ahmadiyya movement (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Jacob August Riis, Danish-American journalist, photographer, and reformer (b. 1849)
• 1924 » Victor Herbert, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, founded the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (b. 1859)
• 1926 » Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (b. 1904)
• 1933 » Horatio Bottomley, English financier, journalist, and politician (b. 1860)
• 1933 » Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1897)

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 22 » The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
• May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
• 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 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
• December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

The temperature on May 26, 1894 was about 11.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%.