About the day » Saturday January 5, 1895Calender converter

• Abraham van Bemmel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cecilia Vandeweyer, Vliermaal († 1942)
• Albert Edward Sutherland, London († 1973)
• Agatha Mathildis Goos, Vorst, België
• Anna Gesina Jasken, Oomsberg Onstwedde († 1957)
• van Zwetselaar, Otterlo (Ede) († 1895)
• Aaltje van Vuuren, Nieuw-Beijerland († 1985)
• Anna Cornelia Verboven, Bergen op Zoom (Bergen op Zoom) (Noord-Brabant)
• Alberdina Werkema, Michigan († 1959)
• Adriana TAAL, ís-Gravenhage

• Aimable Baudry (79), Aylmer, CANADA
• Amelia Van Gehuchten (77), varendonk, België
• antje vos (0), venhuizen
• Adriana Loonen (86)
• Angenietje Ofman (82), Jisp, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Age Simons Baarda (74), Leeuwarden
• Adriaantje Codeé (24), Kamerik Woerden UT NL
• Aalbert van Blotenburg (70), Voorthuizen
• Adriaantje Gode (24), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Alida de Groot (0), Boskoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1886 » Markus Reiner, Israeli physicist and engineer († 1976)
• 1892 » Agnes von Kurowsky, American nurse († 1984)
• 1893 » Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian-American guru and philosopher († 1952)
• 1897 » Kiyoshi Miki, Japanese philosopher and author († 1945)
• 1900 » Yves Tanguy, French-American painter († 1955)
• 1902 » Hubert Beuve-Méry, French journalist († 1989)
• 1902 » Stella Gibbons, English journalist and author († 1989)
• 1903 » Harold Gatty, Australian pilot and navigator († 1957)
• 1904 » Erika Morini, Austrian violinist († 1995)
• 1904 » Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic († 1997)

• 1858 » Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (b. 1766)
• 1860 » John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (b. 1806)
• 1885 » Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1803)
• 1899 » Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1818)
• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)

• 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 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
• March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
• April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
• May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
• May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
• October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.

The temperature on January 5, 1895 was about -2.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.