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• Alida de Groot, Noordwijkerhout, ZUI, Nederland († 1975)
• Aaltje Ramaker, Oranjedorp (Emmen) († 1908)
• Roelofje Kuik, Hoogeveen
• Alfred Kirkpatrick († 1896)
• Adrianus (Janus) Hulsbosch, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1954)
• Adrianus Smink, Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Goyette, Ste-Cécile de Milton, Québec, Canada
• Alexander Fraser, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland († 1960)
• Adrianus Hulsbosch, Cruquius († 1954)
• Adriana HARDENBOL, Alblasserdam

• Aleida Breukers (41), Bentelo, Ambt Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Alida Blankestein (12), Maarssen, Utrecht, NL
• Aaltje Eikenaar (44), Wilsum, Ov, The Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Drenth (34), Zuidlaren
• Adriaan van Dongen (68), Rotterdam
• Aagtje Stavast (47), Musselkanaal (Gem. Onstwedde), Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Drenth (34), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagjen Stavast (47), Onstwedde (Musselkanaal)
• Aaltien Boerhof (53), Hijkersmilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagjen Stavast (47), Musselkanaal, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1891 » Eppa Rixey, American baseball pitcher († 1963)
• 1891 » Tadeusz Peiper, Polish poet and critic († 1969)
• 1892 » George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1892 » Jacob Viner, Canadian-American economist and academic († 1970)
• 1893 » Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author († 1975)
• 1895 » Cornelius Van Til, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist († 1987)
• 1896 » Dodie Smith, English author and playwright († 1990)
• 1896 » Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Indian Minister of Defence († 1974)
• 1897 » William Joseph Browne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Solicitor General of Canada († 1989)

• 1856 » Adolphe Adam, French composer and critic (b. 1803)
• 1882 » Leonidas Smolents, Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)
• 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)
• 1921 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)

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.
• May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
• June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
• August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
• September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
• November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.

The temperature on May 3, 1894 was about 10.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.