About the day » Friday August 2, 1895Calender converter

• Aaltje Roseboom, Bennekom
• Andrea Maria CASTELAIN, Tourcoing (FRA) († 1992)
• Alphonsus Ludovicus (Alphons) VROEMEN, Schimmert (NL/LI) († 1974)
• Albertus Slot, Hardenberg († 1926)
• Hendrik Kreeft, Hoogeveen († 1897)
• adriana OUDENAARDEN, capelle aan den ijssel(ZH)
• Abraham van Drunen, Nieuwe-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Bemmel, Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abbie Agnes Fenstermacher, Liberty Twn.Woodbury Co.Iowa († 1921)
• Anje Frederika Dijksterhuis, Groningen

• Antonia Petronella Schenkels (0), Tilburg, 4272, Noord Brabant, NL
• Albert Huizing (0), Middelstum
• Aimée Van Daele (0), Tourcoing, Frankrijk
• Aaltje Bijl (63), Giethoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albert Jongenburger (0), Oegstgeest
• Bernardus Gerhardus Geuzendam (0), Rijssen
• Amandeus Cornelis Goedemondt (84)
• Aleida Johanna Stapelbroek (0), Arnhem
• Anna Maria Huibers (82), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert de Ruiter (0), De Krim

• 1891 » Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor († 1975)
• 1891 » Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian linguist and historian († 1971)
• 1892 » Jack L. Warner, Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. († 1978)
• 1894 » Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (d.1976)
• 1895 » Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer († 1970)
• 1897 » Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1897 » Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician († 1974)
• 1898 » Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer († 1977)
• 1899 » Charles Bennett, English director and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1900 » Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator († 1973)

• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)

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.
• January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
• April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
• April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
• June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
• October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
• November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.

The temperature on August 2, 1895 was about 19.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.