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• Aagje de Wit, Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1987)
• Albertus SCHOKKER, Steggerda († 1972)
• * Laurens (Louis) van 't Hof, Struijen († 1975)
• Albertus Johannes Schokker, Steggerda (Weststellingwerf) († 1972)
• aldegonda gielens, helden-grashoek († 1895)
• Andreas Josephus MULLER, Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Adriana van Wijnen, Sliedrecht
• Albertus Willemsz Verhagen, Rotterdam, zh.nld († 1895)
• Alberdina Brunsting, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1896)
• Aagje Sjoerds de Wit, Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1987)

• Anje ten Berge (70), Noordbroek (gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Ann Thompson (56), Jay, Essex Co., New York, Verenigde Staten
• (Stillborn) VAN DER MOLEN (0), Surhuisterveen (Achtkarspelen) Friesland Netherlands
• Adèle Francisca Alting Siberg (6), Batavia (NOI)
• Arendje de Reus (75), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adèle Franciska Alting Siberg (6), Sawah Besar, Batavia, Ned. Indië
• Veenstra (0)
• Arie Harteveld (68), Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage)
• Bernardus van Maris (0), Leiden
• Berendina Withag (55), Oldenzaal Losser

• 1888 » Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader († 1943)
• 1888 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist († 1935)
• 1892 » Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator († 1982)
• 1892 » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat († 1983)
• 1894 » George Meany, American plumber and labor leader († 1980)
• 1895 » Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright († 1981)
• 1895 » Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer († 2000)
• 1900 » Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist († 1976)
• 1902 » Georgette Heyer, English author († 1974)
• 1902 » Wallace Thurman, American author and playwright († 1934)

• 1878 » Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 » Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 » Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)

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 14 » The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
• June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
• July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
• 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.
• 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 temperature on August 16, 1894 was about 15.2 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.