About the day » Friday February 8, 1895Calender converter

• Alida Louise Donker, Haarlem
• Afke Horjus, Nieuwer Amstel
• Afke Gerrits Horjus, Nieuwer Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1976)
• Alphonsus Ludovicus Maria VAN GERWEN, Wijnegem, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Abraham Adriaan Scheffer, Rilland-Bath († 1959)
• ?? Moret, 's Gravendeel († 1895)
• Anna Mary (May) Giebel, Williamson, Wayne, New York († 1968)
• Anna van der Eijk, Rijswijk
• Hendrika Abbas (tweede vrouw), winschoten († 1968)
• Wennekes, Wijk bij Duurstede († 1975)

• Akke Douwes van Dijk (71), Leeuwarden
• Andreas Cremers (80), Jabeek, Onderbanken
• Aiso Lycklama a Nijeholt (66), Wonseradeel
• Alida Zwiep (66), Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jacobus Lunenburg (51), Nieuwkoop
• Aiso Pieters LYCKLAMA À NIJEHOLT (66), Wûnseradiel Friesland Netherlands
• Albert Kloeze (54), Ruinen
• Adriana Aletta Wildschut (49), Utrecht
• Adrianus Johannes van Druuten (0), Wageningen
• ?? Moret (0), 's Gravendeel

• 1886 » Charlie Ruggles, American actor († 1970)
• 1888 » Edith Evans, English actress († 1976)
• 1888 » Giuseppe Ungaretti, Egyptian-Italian soldier, journalist, and poet († 1970)
• 1890 » Claro M. Recto, Filipino lawyer, jurist, and politician († 1960)
• 1893 » Ba Maw, Burmese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Burma († 1977)
• 1894 » King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1897 » Zakir Hussain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd president of India († 1969)
• 1899 » Lonnie Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1970)
• 1903 » Greta Keller, Austrian-American singer and actress († 1977)
• 1903 » Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia († 1990)

• 1856 » Agostino Bassi, Italian entomologist and academic (b. 1773)
• 1907 » Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1910 » Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Dayrolles Eveleigh-de-Moleyns, 4th Baron Ventry, Irish hereditary peer (b. 1828)
• 1915 » François Langelier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1921 » George Formby Sr, English actor and singer (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, geographer, and philologist (b. 1842)
• 1928 » Theodor Curtius, German chemist (b. 1857)
• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Jacobus
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Wilhelmus
15. Hendrikus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Aaltje
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Geertruida
14. Neeltje
15. Petronella
16. Trijntje

• 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 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
• 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.
• June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
• September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
• December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.

The temperature on February 8, 1895 was about -7.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.