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• Adrianus van Ieperenburg, Maarsseveen, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1963)
• van Oort, Tuil (Haaften) (GL) Betuwe († 1894)
• Albertus Derk Stegeman († 1941)
• Agnes Maria Bertholee, Haarlem († 1991)
• Anna Cornelia Hermans, den haag
• Agatha van CALCAR, Koog aan de Zaan († 1982)
• Janssen, Putten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1894)
• Jan Matthijs Spannenmaker, Woerden
• Agnes Maria Bertholée, Haarlem († 1991)
• Adrianus Johannes van der Velde, Loosduinen, ZH, Nederland

• Anna de Wit (34), Tull en 't Waal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje Laan (21), Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke BUIKEMA (1), Wehe Groningen Netherlands
• Adrianus van den Ham van Heyst (37), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Adrianus Jacobus de Lepper (0), Tilburg
• Adrianus van den Ham van Heijst (37), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje (Alice) Jans Meekma (8), Chicago, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• van Oort (0), Tuil (Haaften) (GL) Betuwe
• Albertje Schepers (1), Emmen (Zuidbarge)
• Albert Eefting (0), TerApelkanaal, vlagtwedde

• 1884 » Rudolf Bultmann, German Lutheran theologian and professor of New Testament at the University of Marburg († 1976)
• 1885 » Dino Campana, Italian poet and author († 1932)
• 1886 » Paul Tillich, German-American philosopher and theologian († 1965)
• 1887 » Phan Khôi, Vietnamese journalist and scholar († 1959)
• 1888 » Tôn Đức Thắng, Vietnamese politician, 2nd President of Vietnam († 1980)
• 1890 » H. P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, novelist († 1937)
• 1896 » Gostha Pal, Indian footballer († 1976)
• 1897 » Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet († 1970)
• 1898 » Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish historian, journalist, author, and playwright († 1973)
• 1901 » Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate († 1968)

• 1859 » Juan Bautista Ceballos, President of Mexico (1853) (b. 1811)
• 1882 » James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1820)
• 1887 » Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (b. 1860)
• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)

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.
• June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
• June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
• 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.
• August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
• August 25 » Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
• December 22 » The Dreyfus affair begins in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason.

The temperature on August 20, 1894 was about 14.7 °C. There was 14 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.