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• Angèle van den Neste, Bassevelde († 1926)
• (14m2) Johannes Cornelis van Besouw (Bezouw), Gilze-Rijen († 1981)
• Akke Everts de Jong
• LEEGER, AMSTERDAM
• Adriaantje Visbeen, melissant (goeree overflakkee)
• Adriana Nuijten, Halsteren,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Maria Breij, Nieuwer Amstel († 1986)
• Allegonda Schoonens, Princenhage
• Adriaantje Visbeen, Melissant
• Abraham de Gooijer, Hilversum

• Allen Sherrod Cutts (69), Americus, Sumter, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Lindeboom (0), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alida van Langen (62), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Jacobus van den Heuvel (0), Voorburg
• Antonius Gevers (48), 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland
• Adriana Gabrielse (21), Westkapelle, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Beerthuizen (63), Bussum
• Anthonius Wilhelmus Altewischer (2), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Sierveld (1), Haarlem
• Abraham Anthonie van Oeveren (63), Bruinisse, Zeeland, Nederland

• 1886 » Princess Patricia of Connaught († 1974)
• 1888 » Paul Ramadier, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France († 1961)
• 1889 » Harry Clarke, Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator († 1931)
• 1891 » Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia († 1962)
• 1892 » Sayed Darwish, Egyptian singer-songwriter and producer († 1923)
• 1894 » Paul Green, American playwright and academic († 1981)
• 1895 » Lloyd Rees, Australian painter († 1988)
• 1901 » Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor († 1970)
• 1902 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer († 1971)
• 1904 » Chaim Gross, Austrian-American sculptor and educator († 1991)

• 1846 » Friedrich Bessel, German astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1784)
• 1849 » William II, Dutch sovereign prince and king (b. 1792)
• 1853 » Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist and mathematician (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Chambers, Scottish geologist and publisher, co-founded Chambers Harrap (b. 1802)
• 1875 » Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1832)
• 1893 » Jules Ferry, French lawyer and politician, 44th Prime Minister of France (b. 1832)
• 1917 » Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
• 1926 » Aleksei Brusilov, Georgian-Russian general (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Austen Chamberlain, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)

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.
• March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
• May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
• May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
• June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
• June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
• July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

The temperature on March 17, 1896 was about 7.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.