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• Akke Poelsma, Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands († 1952)
• Wolterink, Ruurlo, Berkelland, Gelderland, Nederland († 1986)
• Aileen Dorothy Courtenay, North St Wareham, Dorset, England († 1967)
• Adrianus Cornelis de RUIJTER, Geertruidenberg (N-B) († 1925)
• Gatze Tjalsma, Hommerts († 1967)
• Albert Pointet, Thann 68, Haut-Rhin, France
• Aleida Hendrika Holtkamp, Zenderen, Borne, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Albert Ubels, Paterswolde, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Abraham Schot, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Ahasueran Hendrika Wildemans, Tiel, Gld, The Netherlands

• Christina Maria Janssen (0), Nijmegen, Gederland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendricus Verhagen (84), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cortens (63), Noorderwijk, Herentals, België
• Aegidius Griffijn (37), Haarlem, Nederland
• Anna Helena Schütte (1), Versen, Meppen, Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anna Maria Cortens (63), Noorderwijk, Antwerpen, Belgium
• aplonia VOGELAAR (0), puttershoek
• Boukje Uilkes van der Meulen (0), Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham van Essen (0), Brandwijk, Nederland
• Adriaan Verhagen (84), Schijndel

• 1892 » Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author († 1938)
• 1893 » Max Brand, American journalist and author († 1944)
• 1894 » Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer († 1989)
• 1894 » Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1897 » Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1957)
• 1899 » Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence († 1987)
• 1902 » Harry Kadwell, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1999)
• 1903 » Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer († 2003)
• 1904 » Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician († 1996)
• 1905 » Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright († 1994)

• 1873 » Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
• 1892 » Bahá'u'lláh, Persian religious leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
• 1896 » Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1903 » Bruce Price, American architect, designed the Château Frontenac and American Surety Building (b. 1845)
• 1910 » Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1911 » W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet (b. 1836)
• 1914 » Henry Seton-Karr, English explorer, hunter, and author (b. 1853)
• 1914 » Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, English author and playwright (b. 1871)
• 1917 » Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (b. 1831)
• 1919 » Robert Bacon, American colonel and politician, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)

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.
• May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
• June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
• July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
• August 25 » Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
• September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.

The temperature on May 29, 1894 was about 10.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.