About the day » Wednesday May 22, 1895Calender converter

• Alida Allerdina Vroombout, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1895)
• Aaltje Cornelia Joppe, Stad aan 't Haringvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• Adrianus Johannes Haverkamp, Klundert
• Albertus Eijsten, Deventer († 1896)
• Alexander Hela Van Thijn, Brooklyn, NY, United States († 1977)
• Aagje Boots, Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1895)
• Alfred Smedshammer, Litchville, Barnes, North Dakota, United States († 1918)
• Aaltje Zijlstra, Westergeest († 1897)
• Procee, Kooten, Achtkarspelen, Frslnd, Nthr
• * Willem Frederik Dieke, Amsterdam († 1987)

• Anna Maria Canisius (88), Meerssen
• Adriana Maria Verheyen (56), Alphen en Riel, Nederland
• Alida Jacoba la Maire (72), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Cecilia Soenen (68), Staden West-Vlaanderen België
• ?? Broer (0), (OV) Giethoorn
• (1) Emma Marie Adins (23), Aalbeke (W-VL) België
• Anna Hendrika van Harten (1), Leimuiden
• Bastiaan Trees (43), Veenhuizen
• Aaltien Nijkamp (25), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Jacoba la Maire (72), Den Helder

• 1885 » Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician († 1924)
• 1887 » A. W. Sandberg, Danish film director and screenwriter († 1938)
• 1891 » Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet († 1958)
• 1894 » Friedrich Pollock, German sociologist and philosopher († 1970)
• 1897 » Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author († 1975)
• 1900 » Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (d.1985)
• 1901 » Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor († 1953)
• 1902 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach († 1956)
• 1902 » Jack Lambert, English footballer and manager († 1940)
• 1904 » Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor († 1989)

• 1851 » Mordecai Manuel Noah, American journalist and diplomat (b. 1755)
• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)

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.
• 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.
• August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
• October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
• November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
• December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

The temperature on May 22, 1895 was about 15.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.