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• Alexander Franciscus Janssens, Herentals († 1940)
• Alberts († 1895)
• Abraham de Hoop, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Adela Mettelmann, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin
• Abraham van Eerde, Den Helder († 1895)
• Aaltje Hulsman, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1975)
• Adrianus HOOGMOED, Assendelft, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Adriana Cornelia van LOON, Wouw (N.Br. Nl) († 1966)
• (Stillborn) WIERSMA, Leeuwarderadeel Friesland Netherlands († 1895)
• Albertina MARTENS († 1987)

• Anna Maria Leenders (78), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• "Max"imilian Karl Theodor von Holnstein (59), Schwarzenfeld, Bayern, Allemagne
• Alberdina Cornelia Aben (35), Oeffelt, Nbr.NL
• Aaltje Johannes Postma (50)
• Adrianus Goorden (62), Roosendaal-Nispen
• Alphonsine Michel (1), Boussu, Hainaut, Belgique
• Aaltje Donkervoort (72), Woudenberg,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ann Brodie (73), Parry Sound, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
• Andries Kuper (0), Steenwijk
• Adrianus van Dijk (0), Oudenrijn Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1890 » Nikolai Reek, Estonian general and politician, 11th Estonian Minister of War († 1942)
• 1894 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer († 1955)
• 1894 » John Ford, American director and producer († 1973)
• 1895 » Conn Smythe, Canadian businessman († 1980)
• 1897 » Denise Robins, English journalist and author († 1985)
• 1898 » Leila Denmark, American pediatrician and author († 2012)
• 1901 » Clark Gable, American actor († 1960)
• 1901 » Frank Buckles, American soldier († 2011)
• 1902 » Langston Hughes, American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright († 1967)
• 1902 » Therese Brandl, German concentration camp guard († 1947)

• 1871 » Alexander Serov, Russian composer and critic (b. 1820)
• 1893 » George Henry Sanderson, American lawyer and politician, 22nd Mayor of San Francisco (b. 1824)
• 1897 » Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist and botanist (b. 1826)
• 1903 » Sir George Stokes, Anglo-Irish physicist, mathematician, and politician (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Léon Serpollet, French businessman (b. 1858)
• 1908 » Carlos I of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1922 » William Desmond Taylor, American actor and director (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Maurice Prendergast, American painter (b. 1858)
• 1928 » Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1936 » Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)

• 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 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
• April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
• April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
• June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
• October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
• November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

The temperature on February 1, 1895 was about -4.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.