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March 10, 1896Born on Wednesday March 11, 1896
- JAGER, Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland
- Adrianus Johannes Josephus de Volder, Goirle
- Anna Maria Hendrika Petronella Spinhoven, Amsterdam († 1967)
- Vegers, Zevenbergen († 1958)
- Alphons Joseph Vliegen, Bocholtz († 1970)
- Adriana Eshuijs, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Andrea vWilhelmina de Boer, Baarn, Utrecht, Nederland
- Stoffer Kats, Hollandscheveld
- Anna Vos, Stad Almelo
- Abraham Hijman Stuiver, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
Died on Wednesday March 11, 1896
- Antoon van Tilburg (1), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Clemence Aimée Vande Walle (1), Berchem-Oudenaarde, België
- Cornelia Schenk (1), Leiderdorp
- Cornelis Vogelaar (63), Puttershoek, Nederland
- van de Ketterij (0), Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland
- Anna Mechtildis Ackermans (67), Gulpen-Wittem (Gulpen) (Limburg)
- Aletta Boelen (86), Rotterdam, Nederland
- Aalbert Rietberg (76), Diepenveen, Borgele nr. 72
- Albert Rietberg (76), Borgele, Diepenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
- Benjamin Harris Walker (87)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 11, 1896 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De Amsterdammer : dagblad voor Nederland
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Middelburgsche courant
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Bataviaasch nieuwsblad
Born on March 11
- 1890 » Vannevar Bush, American engineer and academic († 1974)
- 1893 » Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator († 1946)
- 1895 » Shemp Howard, American actor († 1955)
- 1896 » Olivério Pinto, Brazilian zoologist and physician († 1981)
- 1897 » Henry Cowell, American pianist and composer († 1965)
- 1898 » Dorothy Gish, American actress († 1968)
- 1899 » Frederick IX of Denmark († 1972)
- 1899 » James H. Douglas, Jr., American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense († 1988)
- 1900 » Hanna Bergas, German teacher who contributed to the rescue of Jewish children during WWII († 1987)
- 1903 » Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and scholar († 1989)
Died on March 11
- 1869 » Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (b. 1803)
- 1870 » Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho (b. 1786)
- 1874 » Charles Sumner, American lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
- 1898 » Tigran Chukhajian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1837)
- 1898 » William Rosecrans, American general and politician (b. 1819)
- 1907 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
- 1908 » Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
- 1908 » Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
- 1915 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)
- 1920 » Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)
Names that were popular for boys in 1896
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Arie
- Dirk
- Gerardus
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1896
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Jacoba
- Aaltje
- Grietje
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Petronella
- Neeltje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1896
- 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 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
- January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
- February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
- July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
- August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
Weather March 11, 1896
The temperature on March 11, 1896 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.