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• Anna Adriana Maria Hobbelen, Tilburg († 1962)
• "Madeleine" Jeanne Jacqueline Hennessy, Paris († 1990)
• Alfredo Egidio de Souza Aranha, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil († 1961)
• Alphons Joseph Schlenter, Vaals,, Limburg, Nederland († 1954)
• Albertus Wilhelmus Roelofs, Gendt († 1940)
• Allie Victoria Cavness Doyal Reichenau McCoy, Mason, Mason, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• Anna Noordam, Maasland, Nederland († 1988)
• Amy Olive KEEP, Mersey, Tasmania, Australia († 1934)
• Alois Tribels, Vaals, Limburg, Nl
• Albert Jan Smalbrugge, Wierden

• Carolus Lievens (69), Bambrugge
• Anna Cornelia Blankers (82), Steenbergen
• Adriana Breevoort (76), Rotterdam
• Anna Elizabeth van Rosendaal (2), Rotterdam
• Almira Loring (82), Bokes Creek, Logan, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Gertruda HENDRIKS (55), Tegelen, Limburg, Nederland
• Alexander Goad Quesenberry (54), Indian Valley, Floyd, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Aleida Wolf (61), Uelsen, Duitsland
• Aaltje Brader (73), Winschoten gemeente Oldambt Groningen
• Aaltje Hindriks BRIEK (86), Meeden, 2228, Groningen, Nederland

• 1883 » Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian poet and politician († 1966)
• 1884 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia († 1948)
• 1886 » Santo Trafficante, Sr., Italian-American mobster († 1954)
• 1888 » Jim Thorpe, American decathlete, football player, and coach († 1953)
• 1888 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Estonia († 1942)
• 1888 » Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, English author and educator († 1947)
• 1889 » Richard Réti, Slovak-Czech chess player and author († 1929)
• 1892 » Minna Gombell, American actress († 1973)
• 1900 » Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player († 1939)
• 1903 » S. L. Kirloskar, Indian businessman, founded Kirloskar Group († 1994)

• 1843 » Noah Webster, American lexicographer (b. 1758)
• 1849 » Anne Brontë, English novelist and poet (b. 1820)
• 1864 » Simion Bărnuțiu, Romanian historian and politician (b. 1808)
• 1878 » John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
• 1904 » Kicking Bear, Native American tribal leader (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Ivan Franko, Ukrainian economist, journalist, and poet (b. 1856)
• 1927 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1858)
• 1947 » August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (b. 1907)

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 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
• 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.
• August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
• 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.
• November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
• November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

The temperature on May 28, 1894 was about 12.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.