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• Anna Maria Hendrix, Urmond (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1918)
• Andries van den Anker, Poederoijen († 1968)
• Alexander Dijkslag, Zwollerkerspel (Gem. Zwolle) († 1941)
• Albertus Lorijn, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1979)
• Alta Mae Babcock († 1952)
• Andries Durks Jonker, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia De Meyer, Merelbeke († 1975)
• Aaltje van Dijk, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1916)
• Aafke Hooyenga, Bergum († 1958)
• Alida De Graaf, Steenwijk

• Albert Jan Oonk (68), Markelo, Hof van Twente,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie van Pelt (63), Dubbeldam
• Cornelia Vriens (54), Bladel en Netersel
• Benjamin Crezee (12), Klundert (N.B.)
• Adriana van Zwienen (72), Ouderkerk aan de IJssel-Nederland
• Arie van Riet (0), Utrecht
• Goedhard (0), Bergharen
• Barteld Hendrikus Vollendam (0), Balkbrug
• Adeline Marie Désiré Moncheur de Rieudotte (50)
• Adrianus Hendrikus van ROOIJEN (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1887 » Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian physicians and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat († 1978)
• 1888 » Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician († 1964)
• 1890 » Peder Furubotn, Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (d.1975)
• 1891 » Marquis James, American journalist and author († 1955)
• 1898 » Preston Sturges, American director and producer († 1959)
• 1901 » Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player and referee († 1986)
• 1904 » Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)
• 1905 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist († 1941)
• 1905 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player († 1979)
• 1910 » Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic († 1985)

• 1866 » Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
• 1877 » Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801)
• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)

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.
• 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.
• June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
• September 1 » Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
• September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
• 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 29, 1894 was about 14.2 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.