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May 2, 1894Born on Thursday May 3, 1894
- Storvoll, Storvollen, Bnr 2, Mo, Ranen, Nordland, Norge († 1894)
- Alida Wilhelmina Wezelman, Den Helder
- Adriana RADEMAKER, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
- Alphonse Marsoul, Ciply
- Aaltje Ramaker, Oranjedorp (Emmen) († 1908)
- Adriana Cornelia Maria de Kunder, Boxtel († 1959)
- Albert van Dijke, Munnekezijl, NL-FR († 1977)
- Alfred Goyette, Ste-Cécile de Milton, Québec, Canada
- Blok, Valthermond (Odoorn) († 1894)
- Aaltje Wieggers, Renkum († 1969)
Died on Thursday May 3, 1894
- Steenbeek (0), rotterdam, Nederland
- András Karácsony (67), Berettyóújfalu, Hajdu-Bihar
- Alida Blankenstein (12), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
- Aagtje Stavast (47), Musselkanaal (Gem. Onstwedde), Groningen, Nederland
- Agatha Clarina Bosman (10), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Blok (0), Valthermond (Odoorn)
- Adriaan van Dongen (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Roessen (76), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Theophile Rombout, Stoppeldijk
- Aagjen Aagje Agien Lamberts (Ouders:Lambert Jans Stavast, Aaltje Harms Nieboer) Stavast (47), Musselkanaal, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 3, 1894 at Delpher
Born on May 3
- 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)
Died on May 3
- 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)
Names that were popular for boys in 1894
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Wilhelmus
- Antonius
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1894
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Christina
- Elizabeth
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1894
- 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.
- February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
- March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
- June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
- August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
- November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
The weather on Thursday May 3, 1894
The temperature on May 3, 1894 was about 10.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI