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June 5, 1894Died on Wednesday June 6, 1894
- Arie VAN LUIJK, Pernis, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
- Booij (0), Kralingen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Arend van der Vlugt (84), Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Benjamin Knepp (69), Wallaceton, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
- Barta ter Molen (58), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
- Lodder (0), Rotterdam
- Aaltjen Noltes (19), Wierden
- Anthonina Amandia Philipse (0), Yerseke
- Anna van Tol (50), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
- Arnoldus van der Vlugt (84), Lisse
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 6, 1894 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
- De Volksstem
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Leeuwarder courant
Born on June 6
- 1890 » Ted Lewis, American singer, clarinet player, and bandleader († 1971)
- 1891 » Erich Marcks, German general († 1944)
- 1891 » Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Indian author and academic († 1986)
- 1896 » Henry Allingham, English World War I soldier and supercentenarian († 2009).
- 1896 » Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and politician († 1940)
- 1898 » Jacobus Johannes Fouché, South African politician, 2nd State President of South Africa († 1980)
- 1898 » Ninette de Valois, English ballerina, choreographer, and director († 2001)
- 1898 » Walter Abel, American actor († 1987)
- 1900 » Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American psychiatrist and physician († 1957)
- 1901 » Jan Struther, English author and hymnwriter († 1953)
Died on June 6
- 1861 » Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1810)
- 1862 » Turner Ashby, American colonel (b. 1828)
- 1865 » William Quantrill, American captain (b. 1837)
- 1878 » Robert Stirling, Scottish minister and engineer, invented the stirling engine (b. 1790)
- 1881 » Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (b. 1820)
- 1883 » Ciprian Porumbescu, Romanian composer and poet (b. 1853)
- 1891 » John A. Macdonald, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1815)
- 1916 » Yuan Shikai, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1859)
- 1922 » Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1860)
- 1924 » William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast (b. 1847)
Names that were popular for boys in 1894
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- 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 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
- January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
- 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.
- 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.
- September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
- 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 Wednesday June 6, 1894
The temperature on June 6, 1894 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI