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• Anna Dorothea Van Den Eynde, Baal, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgie († 1967)
• Anna Barbara Sauren, Kerkrade
• Anna Haverkamp, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1960)
• Anna Maria Leipoldt, Amsterdam
• Anthonie Lambertus Koek, Alkemade, Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart van Essen, Meerveld († 1977)
• Alexander Willem Verwaijen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• de Jong, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisa Dillon, Ballinagh, County Cavan, Ireland († 1974)
• Anna van Helden, ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adriana Cornelia Haasnoot (0), Rotterdam
• Arthur Sylvanus Vereecken (0), Meldert
• Annechien Klaas Brinkman (79), Leek
• Antje Klazens Pater (59), Leek, Groningen, Nederland
• Alijda Assies (73), Zwolle
• Annechien Klaassens Brinkman (85), Leek
• 't Lam (0), Veen, Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adriana Jacobsdr Stam- (57), Koedijk, Nederland
• Adriana Jacobusd Stam (57), Koedijk, nh.nld
• Anna Gesina Pöttker (0), Dankern, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

• 1887 » Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor and illustrator († 1964)
• 1887 » Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, composer, and conductor († 1964)
• 1890 » Roger Salengro, French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1936)
• 1892 » Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter († 1972)
• 1894 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1965)
• 1895 » Maurice Tate, English cricketer († 1956)
• 1896 » Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1897 » Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia († 1986)
• 1898 » John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator († 1985)
• 1899 » Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer († 1936)

• 1855 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman, (b. 1777)
• 1865 » John Catron, American lawyer and judge (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
• 1901 » Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
• 1926 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (b. 1848)

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.
• April 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
• 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.
• August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
• August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
• September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
• November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.

The temperature on May 30, 1894 was about 10.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.