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• Adriana Dieleman, Terneuzen († 1900)
• Adriaan Pleijte, Koudekerke
• Aart Dirk Randwijk, Wageningen
• Adrianus Johannes Mathijssen, Princenhage († 1982)
• Adriaan Lievense, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1996)
• Alberdina Veenhuis, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 1985)
• Aafje van Dok, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Dirk Randewijk, Wageingen († 1985)
• De Craecker, Aalst
• Adrianus_Maria Heijnincx, Rotterdam († 1945)

• Adrianus Johannes van den Berg (1), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Rietveld (91), Benschop
• Adrianus Suijkerbuijk (73), Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Boeles Jagersma (79), De Wilp, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Virginia Carolina Cruysen (25), Gent
• Anna Jobse (80), Arnemuiden, Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Antje Van Leeuwen (42), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Virginia Carolina van der Cruyssen (25), Gent, 9000, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Anthonius Franciscus Leonardus Schonk (0), Delft,-
• Afke Jochums Algera (63)

• 1891 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author († 1965)
• 1895 » Robert Dean Frisbie, American soldier and author († 1948)
• 1896 » Señor Wences, Spanish-American ventriloquist († 1999)
• 1897 » Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer († 1983)
• 1897 » Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian philosopher and educator († 1981)
• 1897 » Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright († 1975)
• 1899 » Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete and coach († 1958)
• 1903 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator († 1976)
• 1903 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach († 1975)
• 1903 » Nicolas Nabokov, Russian-American composer and educator († 1978)

• 1882 » George Jennings, English engineer and plumber, invented the Flush toilet (b. 1810)
• 1888 » E. G. Squier, American archaeologist and journalist (b. 1821)
• 1892 » Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1822)
• 1921 » Manwel Dimech, Maltese journalist, author, and philosopher (b. 1860)
• 1923 » Laurence Ginnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Alexander Golovin, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1863)
• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)

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 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
• March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
• May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
• 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.
• September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
• November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.

The temperature on April 17, 1896 was about 8.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.