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• Aleida Lambertha Bos, Steenwijkerwold († 1920)
• Adriaantje Bijl, Klaaswaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Aaldrik Geert Smit, Woltersum
• Albinus Georgius Manders, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1895)
• Andreas Slabbekoorn, Krabbendijke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Velting, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland, Wachtum († 1894)
• ALFONS GODFRIED COCKELBERGH, BELSELE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1976)
• Agatha Jacoba Catharina Raatjes, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Aaltje Barts Steenbergen, Zuidwolde
• * Catharina Helena Maria Elisabeth (KatrieN) Moubis, Amersfoort († 1960)

• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van van Tol (0), Ter Aar (Langeraar)
• "Engeltje" Audenaerd (0)
• Ariaantje Kros (79), Sliedrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes van Haperen (1), Loon Op Zand
• Anna Vingerhoets (0), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• anna maria elisabeth sanders (68), almelo
• Adriana Maria Elisabeth van Oosterhout (5), Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Agnes Dirix (0), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Agatha (Aagje) Reijgersberg (69), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Questroo (72), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1888 » Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer († 1974)
• 1891 » Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author and playwright († 1960)
• 1894 » Sparky Adams, American baseball player and farmer († 1989)
• 1896 » Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian soldier and politician († 1990)
• 1897 » Yun Posun, South Korean activist and politician, 2nd President of South Korea († 1990)
• 1898 » Peggy Guggenheim, American-Italian art collector and philanthropist († 1979)
• 1900 » Hellmuth Walter, German-American engineer and businessman († 1980)
• 1900 » Margaret Utinsky, American nurse, recipient of the Medal of Freedom († 1970)
• 1901 » Eleanor Dark, Australian author and poet († 1985)
• 1901 » Hans Kammler, German SS officer and engineer († 1945)

• 1850 » Louis Philippe I of France (b. 1773)
• 1865 » Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)
• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)
• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (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 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
• February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
• May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
• 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 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.

The temperature on August 26, 1894 was about 13.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%.