About the day » Friday August 2, 1895Calender converter

• * Adriaantje Dubbeld, Middelharnis
• Adriaantje Dubbeld, Middelharnis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Marinusz Krullaars, Hof van Delft
• Adriaan Evert Bulten, Aalten, Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1895)
• Aaltje Roseboom, Bennekom
• Adolf Gustaaf Kalhorn, Rotterdam († 1896)
• Aaltje Roseboom, Bennekom, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Naayen, 's-Gravenhage († 1961)
• Albertus Slot, Ambt Hardenberg († 1926)
• Abraham van Dr(e)unen, van, Nieuwe Tongen

• Bernardus Gerhardus Geuzendam (0), Rijssen
• Clinton Leonard Wright (21), Wayzata, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
• Agnes Neef (24), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Sophia Goris (19), Zevenaar Gld
• Charles Erneste APPY (60), Kansas City (Missouri, U.S.)
• Aaltje Woutersen (72), Ede,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Adriana Catharina van Housselt (58), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Huibers (82), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert Huizing (0), Middelstum
• Caroline Henriette Constantia Pierson (59), Buenos Aires (Argentinië)

• 1891 » Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor († 1975)
• 1891 » Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian linguist and historian († 1971)
• 1892 » Jack L. Warner, Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. († 1978)
• 1894 » Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (d.1976)
• 1895 » Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer († 1970)
• 1897 » Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1897 » Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician († 1974)
• 1898 » Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer († 1977)
• 1899 » Charles Bennett, English director and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1900 » Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator († 1973)

• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)

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.
• January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
• March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
• 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.
• October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
• December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.

The temperature on August 2, 1895 was about 19.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.