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• Anna Christina Gerardina Modder, Amsterdam
• Scholte, Westerlee, Groningen, Nederland († 1894)
• Anna Tecla Kramer, Barger-Oosterveen, DRE, Nederland († 1981)
• Ada Lucile MeHARRY
• Adriana Maria Taal, Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage) († 1969)
• Albertus Bosman, Velsen († 1895)
• Anna Antonia Cornelia Wevers, Breda († 1960)
• Alberta Rosalia Dobbelaere, Sint Denijs Westrem
• Adriana Maria TAAL, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 1969)
• Adrianus Theodorus Wilhelmus Kouwenhoven, 's-Gravenhage († 1968)

• Anna Catharina Philomena Jennekens (38), Wijlre (L
• Albertje Weia Dreves (0), Hoornderveen, Groningen, Nederland
• Babette de Hart (76), Newcastle on Tyne
• Albert Steen (67), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna van Brussel (0), Veldhoven
• Arie van der Zwaan (0), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon Joseph Somers (0), Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Kamphuis (70), Raalte
• Scholte (0), Westerlee, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Van Vuuren (0), Lekkerkerk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1889 » Jean Cocteau, French novelist, poet, and playwright († 1963)
• 1890 » Frederick Lewis Allen, American historian and journalist († 1954)
• 1891 » John Howard Northrop, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1987)
• 1891 » Tin Ujević, Croatian poet and translator († 1955)
• 1893 » Anthony Berkeley Cox, English writer († 1971)
• 1893 » Giuseppe Caselli, Italian painter († 1976)
• 1894 » Ants Lauter, Estonian actor and director († 1973)
• 1896 » Thomas Playford IV, Australian politician, 33rd Premier of South Australia († 1981)
• 1898 » Georgios Grivas, Greek general († 1974)
• 1899 » Marcel Achard, French playwright, screenwriter, and author († 1974)

• 1859 » Charles Cagniard de la Tour, French physicist and engineer (b. 1777)
• 1862 » Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1800)
• 1863 » Lewis Armistead, American general (b. 1817)
• 1884 » Victor Massé, French composer (b. 1822)
• 1908 » Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1833)
• 1920 » Max Klinger, German painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Albrecht Kossel, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1929 » Henry Johnson, American sergeant (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Sasha Chorny, Russian poet and author (b. 1880)
• 1935 » Bernard de Pourtalès, Swiss captain and sailor (b. 1870)

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 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 22 » The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of Paris and Rouen. The fastest finisher was the Comte Jules-Albert de Dion, but the 'official' victory was awarded to Albert Lemaître driving his 3hp petrol engined Peugeot.
• July 25 » The First Sino-Japanese War begins when the Japanese fire upon a Chinese warship.
• August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
• 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.

The temperature on July 5, 1894 was about 19.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 65%.