About the day » Thursday January 3, 1895Calender converter

• Aaltje Slendebroek, Zwolle († 1973)
• Gooskens, Zeelst († 1895)
• Aartje Gosina Verloef, Arnhem († 1979)
• Adriana Berendina Hendrika Cras, Den Haag († 1898)
• van den Ham, Zeist († 1895)
• Aaltje Witteveen, Epe (Oene) († 1949)
• Adriana Johanna Terschegget, Veenendaal, Nederland († 1896)
• Abraham van de Munt, Leusden († 1972)
• Adriaan Klaas Molenaar, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL († 1915)
• Adam Hollander, Hasselt, Overijssel, Nederland († 1924)

• Carl Friedrich Wilhelm MEISTER (67), Frankfurt am Main
• Anna Maria Barten (0), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Meinardy (26), Grand Rapids, Canada
• Bruto Silvio Mario Mori (0), Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brasil
• Antonetta Goudina de Jong (0), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert BERBET (0), Grentzingen (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Baukje Jans Ozinga (42), Anjum, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arend Sterenborg (69), Wildervank
• Anje Stalman (53), Hellium gemeente Slochteren Groningen
• Bastiaan Verhoef (0)

• 1886 » Arthur Mailey, Australian cricketer († 1967)
• 1886 » John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author († 1950)
• 1887 » August Macke, German-French painter († 1914)
• 1892 » J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist († 1973)
• 1894 » ZaSu Pitts, American actress († 1963)
• 1897 » Marion Davies, American actress and comedian († 1961)
• 1898 » Carlos Keller, Chilean historian, academic, and politician († 1974)
• 1898 » Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator († 1990)
• 1900 » Donald J. Russell, American businessman († 1985)
• 1901 » Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam († 1963)

• 1871 » Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 » Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 » William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 » James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 » Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 » Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 » James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 » Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 » Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 » Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)

• 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.
• March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
• April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
• October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
• October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
• 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 January 3, 1895 was about 0.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.