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• Almer Aaenson, Winnebago, Iowa, United States († 1964)
• Adriana Cornelia de Laat, Moergestel (Noord-Brabant) († 1963)
• Alpheus Bowen Monfries, Grange Hill, Westmoreland, Jamaica († 1981)
• Adrianus STOLK, Melissant, ZH, Nederland († 1967)
• Adriana Cornelia de Laat, Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Sperling, Leeuwarden
• Kuijpers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth Ravesteijn, amsterdam, Nederland († 1956)
• Adriana Elisa Brokke, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1895)
• Alice Daves, Mecklenburg County, Virginia ql

• Carolus Ludovicus Timmermans (64), Ninove
• Allegonda Anna Catharina MICHAËL (40), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Blondinus De Clercq (79), Lotenhulle
• Anthony Windham (85), Shelby County, Texas
• Andreas Jacobus JACOBS (39), Haarlem, 4599, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Moonen (9), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Emo (1), Utrecht
• Bouwe Jonkers (53), Beilen
• Berendiena Harbers (71), Dordrecht
• Catharina Fens (77), Breda

• 1889 » Erle Stanley Gardner, American lawyer and author († 1970)
• 1894 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist († 1966)
• 1896 » Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer († 1919)
• 1898 » Berenice Abbott, American photographer († 1991)
• 1898 » Osmond Borradaile, Canadian soldier and cinematographer († 1999)
• 1899 » James Cagney, American actor and dancer († 1986)
• 1900 » Marcel Dalio, French actor († 1983)
• 1901 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author († 1938)
• 1901 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver († 1994)
• 1901 » Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine († 1982)

• 1879 » Maurycy Gottlieb, Ukrainian-Polish painter (b. 1856)
• 1881 » Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)

• 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 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
• March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
• October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
• November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
• November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
• December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.

The temperature on July 17, 1895 was about 19.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%.