About the day » Tuesday July 24, 1894Calender converter

• Adam van Straten, Woudrichem, Nederland
• Alida Koster, Charlois
• Agnes Anthonia Maria van Dam († 1969)
• Alexander Leonhard Fritz Molsen, Groningen († 1985)
• Zwaantje Ijmker, Zwolle
• Hazenberg, Enumatil gem. Leek († 1894)
• Abraham van den Starkenburg, Rijnsburg
• Adrianus Cornelis Langerwerf († 1897)
• Adrianus Smits, Herpt en Bern
• Abraham Teunisz van Starkenburg, Rijnsburg

• Adriaan Labruyere (65), Domburg, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland
• Andries Landskroon Spruijt (61), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Sophia DEHNING (68), Lüneburg, Natal, South Africa
• Albertje Schokkenbroek (69), Nieuwbuinen (Borger) 103
• Anna Maria Theresia Willems (88), Tielt, Tielt-Winge, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Aaltje Schaap (68), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Merens (48), Gorinchem (Alblasserwaard), TheNetherlands
• Hazenberg (0)
• Angenette Permelia Bates (44), Ramah, McKinley, New Mexico, Verenigde Staten
• Aart van Hal (59), Grand Haven, Ottawa, Michigan (USA)

• 1884 » Maria Caserini, Italian actress († 1969)
• 1886 » Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Japanese author († 1965)
• 1888 » Arthur Richardson, Australian cricketer and coach († 1973)
• 1889 » Agnes Meyer Driscoll, American cryptanalyst († 1971)
• 1895 » Robert Graves, English poet, novelist, critic († 1985)
• 1897 » Amelia Earhart, American pilot and author († 1937)
• 1899 » Chief Dan George, Canadian actor († 1981)
• 1900 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author and poet († 1948)
• 1904 » Leo Arnaud, French-American trombonist, composer, and conductor († 1991)
• 1904 » Richard B. Morris, American historian and academic († 1989)

• 1862 » Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1891 » Hermann Raster, German-American journalist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Vicente Acosta, Salvadoran journalist and poet (b. 1867)
• 1910 » Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (b. 1841)
• 1927 » Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Japanese author (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Sacha Guitry, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (b. 1917)
• 1965 » Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Tony Lema, American golfer (b. 1934)
• 1969 » Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (b. 1904)

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. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
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 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.
• July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
• August 25 » Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
• November 1 » Nicholas II becomes the new (and last) Tsar of Russia after his father, Alexander III, dies.
• November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
• December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

The temperature on July 24, 1894 was about 21.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.