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• Aagje Blokland, Brandwijk († 1895)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Ligtenberg, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1968)
• Alida Nooij, Wormer, Wormerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Adrianus Ariensz Blank, Wijk bij Duurstede, ut.nld
• Albertje Noordhuis, Groningen
• Adrianus Johannes van Grevenbroek († 1895)
• Alexander Roest, Rhenen († 1895)
• ALPHONSE JOSEPHUS SMETS, Kasterlee
• Albert William Harrison, Auburn, Lincoln, Wyoming, Verenigde Staten († 1953)
• Alida Joanna Nooij, Wormer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1973)

• Albert van Keersop (83), Dommelen
• Albertus De Smet (0), Ninove
• Adriaan Blonk (9), Groot Ammers
• Annechiena Hebelina Alberts Karssiens (52), Gasselternijveenschemond, Gasselte
• Amélie Ludovica Jeannetta Amelia HAUTERMANN (61), Antwerpen, 11002, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Andries Christiaans Schonewille (22), Hoogeveen
• Aaltje Jansdr Horstra (72), De Wijk
• Adriaan van Rooij (63), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Riemers van der Meulen (64), Marssum
• Anna Mechtildis Eijmael (67), Hoensbroek, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1877 » Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor († 1972)
• 1885 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral († 1966)
• 1885 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter († 1939)
• 1890 » Marjorie Main, American actress († 1975)
• 1896 » Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter († 1991)
• 1898 » Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer († 1983)
• 1900 » Irmgard Bartenieff, German-American dancer and physical therapist, leading pioneer of dance therapy († 1981)
• 1903 » Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright († 1967)
• 1908 » Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian († 1998)
• 1909 » August Derleth, American anthologist and author († 1971)

• 1856 » Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
• 1876 » Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 » Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 » Osman Hamdi Bey, Greek archaeologist and painter (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 » Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Wilhelmus
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Neeltje
15. Petronella
16. Trijntje

• 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 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.
• February 24 » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
• April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
• April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
• October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
• October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
• December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

The temperature on February 24, 1895 was about 1.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.