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• Albertus Bolderman, Arnhem († 1895)
• Adriana van den Hout, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1960)
• Aart VERKERK
• Alexandria Vink, Vlaardinger Ambacht († 2006)
• Adriaantje van der Putten, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Akke Zijlstra, de Veenhoop († 1989)
• Adriana Grietje Doornbos, Breda († 1895)
• Alexandrina VINK, Vlaardingerambacht, Vlaardingen, 6300, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Alfred Hermann Heinz (Stutz), Gerrisheim († 1943)
• Abraham Zwartbol, Lekkerkerk, Zuid Holland, Nederland

• Anthonia Elisabeth van Alphen (61), Wassenaar
• Anthonia Sluis (2), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Streijers Strijers (67), Wouw, NL
• Aleida Berendina Fikkert (39), Enschede
• Aarlandina van Dijk (75), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Elisabeth van Alphen (61), Wassenaar
• Aaltje Bruinsma (6), Ooststellingwerf, Nederland
• Antonius de Boer (3), Vollenhoven
• Arie van Rijn (3), 's-Gravenzande
• Adriana Maria Luijten (48), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1889 » Frank Foster, English cricketer († 1958)
• 1892 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer († 1964)
• 1894 » Isham Jones, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader († 1956)
• 1896 » Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian († 1966)
• 1900 » Betty Parsons, American artist, art dealer and collector († 1982)
• 1902 » Alva Myrdal, Swedish sociologist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate († 1986)
• 1902 » Julian Steward, American anthropologist († 1972)
• 1902 » Nat Bailey, Canadian businessman, founded White Spot († 1978)
• 1902 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress († 1968)
• 1905 » John O'Hara, American author, playwright, and screenwriter († 1970)

• 1856 » 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
• 1870 » Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
• 1888 » John Bosco, Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society (b. 1815)
• 1892 » Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
• 1900 » John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish nobleman (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
• 1923 » Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)

• 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.
• February 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
• March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
• August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
• October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
• November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.

The temperature on January 31, 1895 was about -5.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.