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• Aaltje Hendriks van der Heide, Eestrum, Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aaltje van der Heide, Eestrum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aart Looije, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Adrianus Franciscus Maria Schalken, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Zeldenrijk, Rotterdam
• Agnes Hellebrekers, Susteren, Provincie Limburg, Nederland
• Bioch, Rotterdam († 1946)
• Agnes Theunissen, Veldwezelt († 1993)
• Adriana Johanna Walraven, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Agnes Theunissen, Veldwezelt, Lanaken (B) († 1993)

• Adriana de Jong (1), Rotterdam
• Amelia Keirsebilck, Lichtervelde
• alida van der horst (86), 's-gravenhage
• Afke Albertsdr Krom (69), Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Dirne (0), Oudenbosch, NL
• Arien Veldkamp (54), Doornspijk (Oostbeek), Nederland
• Aart Jan van den Hoek (0), Leerdam
• Albert Meinderts Meinders (78), Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Pennekamp, kampen
• Adrianus Steenbergen (21)

• 1891 » M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha († 1978)
• 1892 » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and academic († 1964)
• 1895 » Nigel Bruce, English actor († 1953)
• 1896 » Friedrich Glauser, Austrian-Swiss author († 1938)
• 1896 » Friedrich Hund, German physicist and academic († 1997)
• 1897 » Ludwig Erhard, German soldier and politician, 2nd Chancellor of West Germany († 1977)
• 1899 » Virginia M. Alexander, American physician and founder of the Aspiranto Health Home († 1949)
• 1900 » Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1902 » Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer († 1974)
• 1902 » Hartley Shawcross, Baron Shawcross, German-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales († 2003)

• 1843 » Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general (b. 1770)
• 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)

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

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

• 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 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
• April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
• June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
• June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
• September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
• December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.

The temperature on February 4, 1896 was about -1.2 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.