About the day » Saturday December 7, 1895Calender converter

• Abraham van de Klundert, Ooltgensplaat,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Adriana Berdina Cecilia Peters, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Amatus Hector Claeys, Zedelgem,8210,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1972)
• Albert Rijkhof, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• angelina augusta HEIJENS, terneuzen
• Alida Frederika van der Berg, Amsterdam († 1974)
• Adriaan Benders, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1963)
• Achillus Henricus SEETEN, Ieper,8900,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie († 1964)
• Adrianus van der STEEN, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Davelaar, Beekbergen († 1927)

• Bernard Heinrich Bollmann (0), Haar
• Anna Elisabeth BOECKMANS (70), Herenthout,Provincie Antwerpen,Flanders,Belgi
• Adriaan de Kok (0), 's-Heer Arendskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Peeman (22), Etten Leur
• Anna Elisabeth Rondou (72), Rotselaar
• Alberdina Takens (71), Scheemdermeer
• Anna Elisabetha Rondou, Rotselaar
• Antonij Raaijmakers, Den Dungen
• Anna Catharina Vermeulen (69), Turnhout,, Antwerpen, België
• Andries Swart (65), Haskerland

• 1887 » Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter († 1964)
• 1888 » Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician († 1991)
• 1888 » Joyce Cary, Irish novelist († 1957)
• 1892 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic († 1964)
• 1893 » Fay Bainter, American actress († 1968)
• 1893 » Hermann Balck, German general († 1982)
• 1894 » Freddie Adkins, English author and illustrator († 1986)
• 1900 » Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist († 1961)
• 1902 » Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator († 1967)
• 1903 » Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic († 1987)

• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)

• 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 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
• February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
• April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
• October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
• October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
• November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.

The temperature on December 7, 1895 was about 2.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.