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• Aaltje de Vries, Steenwijk
• Adriana Pieternella de Graaff, Dirksland († 1960)
• "Philipp" Heinrich Franz Johann von Meran, Stainz, Autriche († 1950)
• Abraham Ariensz Oosterlee, Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Wilhelmus Egidius van Aarle, Tilburg († 1945)
• Alberta-Geertruida van 't Zand, Kampen, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Adriana HULSTMAN, Dordrecht
• Alberta Geertruida van 't Zand, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Akke Johannes Sjollema, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Achille Bourgon, Quebec

• Augustus Cannon Handy (82), Greenfield, Hancock Cnty, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Frederika Smit (57), Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa
• Anthonie KONIJN (76), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Celina Catharina Molein (34), Oostende (B)
• Ardiana van Eck (74), Stolwijk
• Bernardus Franciscus Antonius van Beurden (1), Tilburg
• Aron Jacob Prins (1)
• Cornelis Willems Pronk (91), Scheveningen, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Bouman (48), Wijk en Aalburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonette Schapendonk (0), Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1886 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator († 1939)
• 1888 » Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist († 1985)
• 1892 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1894 » Erna Mohr, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1895 » Dorothy Wilde, English author and poet († 1941)
• 1897 » Bull Connor, American police officer († 1973)
• 1899 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist († 1985)
• 1899 » Wilfrid Israel, German businessman and philanthropist († 1943)
• 1901 » Gwendolyn Lizarraga, Belizean businesswoman, activist, and politician († 1975)
• 1903 » Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel († 1971)

• 1825 » Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (b. 1744)
• 1844 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (b. 1800)
• 1897 » Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
• 1905 » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
• 1909 » Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)

• 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.
• May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
• May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
• June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
• September 15 » First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
• November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

The temperature on July 11, 1894 was about 18.1 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.