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• Albertus Klazes Bouma, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertha Heringa, Harkstede gem. Slochteren († 1982)
• Albertha Heringa, Slochteren († 1982)
• Adriaan Doms († 1983)
• Alida (Alie) den Os, Nieuwer Amstel († 1971)
• Adrianus van Kastel, Zevenbergen,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1967)
• Adrianus van Kastel, Zevenbergen
• Anna Noordhuis, Zeeland (Ottawa0, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1967)
• Adrianus van Kastel, Zevenbergen († 1967)
• Aaltje Venema, Noordbarge, Emmen († 1957)

• Albertus Joannes Demmers (63), Twello
• Antoon van den Heuvel (0), Heesch
• Aloijsius Wilhelmus Maria Kock (0), Breukelen-Nijenrode
• Aloijsius Wilhelmus Maria Kock (0), Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Weustenraad (75), Merkelbeek, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriana, Hendrina Schüller (69), Leiden
• Albert Feddes van der Naald (0), Doezum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Albert van der Naald (0), Grootegast, Groningen, Netherlands
• Moerman, Vlaardingen
• Antje van der Geest (88), Bodegraven, Nederland

• 1887 » Marija Leiko, Latvian actress († 1937)
• 1889 » Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia († 1976)
• 1890 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman († 1946)
• 1892 » Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic († 1988)
• 1893 » Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic († 1975)
• 1895 » Amaza Lee Meredith, American architect († 1984)
• 1895 » Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer († 1973)
• 1896 » Albert Ball, English fighter pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » Theodor Luts, Estonian director and cinematographer († 1980)
• 1900 » Margret Boveri, German journalist, recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany († 1975)

• 1854 » Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)
• 1856 » Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (b. 1787)
• 1860 » André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)
• 1870 » David Farragut, American admiral (b. 1801)
• 1874 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician (b. 1821)
• 1890 » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)
• 1905 » Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (b. 1840)
• 1909 » William Stanley, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1829)
• 1926 » John H. Moffitt, American sergeant and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1928 » Klabund, German author and poet (b. 1890)

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.
• 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.
• March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
• June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
• August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
• November 17 » H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.

The temperature on August 14, 1894 was about 14.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.