About the day » Wednesday June 17, 1896Calender converter

• Akke Hessels Sikkema, Murmerwoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1974)
• Alida Verleun, Vreeswijk, Utrecht, Nederland († 1987)
• Aagje Pleuntje Jongeruiter, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Kanters, Bakel en Milheeze, Nederland († 1928)
• Alida van Leeuwen, Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Anna Kanters, Bakel en Milheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Goosen, Harderwijk
• Abraham Stikkelorum, Leiden († 1959)
• Amos WAGNER, Union Township († 1900)
• Adriana Francisca van de Vissersdijk, amsterdam, Nederland († 1973)

• Adrianus de STOPPELAAR (80), Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arend Jan Scholten (80), Zenderen (Borne)
• Anna Elisabeth (Anna Maria) Evers (77), Zonhoven (B)
• Aaltje Buskoop (71), Rotterdam
• Albert Oelen (5), Brucht
• (2) Jan van der Hulst (73), Avenhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Anna Jurjens Sonius (82), Groningen
• Aalbertje Berghout (56), Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cuppen (66), Herpen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Alida Carolina Sirks (61), Rotterdam

• 1888 » Heinz Guderian, German general († 1954)
• 1897 » Maria Izilda de Castro Ribeiro, Brazilian girl, popular saint († 1911)
• 1898 » Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic († 1961)
• 1898 » Harry Patch, English soldier and firefighter († 2009)
• 1898 » M. C. Escher, Dutch illustrator († 1972)
• 1900 » Evelyn Irons, Scottish journalist and war correspondent († 2000)
• 1900 » Martin Bormann, German politician († 1945)
• 1902 » Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer († 1982)
• 1902 » Sammy Fain, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1903 » Ruth Graves Wakefield, American chef, created the chocolate chip cookie († 1977)

• 1866 » Joseph Méry, French poet and author (b. 1798)
• 1889 » Lozen, Chiracaua Apache warrior woman (b. ~1840)
• 1898 » Edward Burne-Jones, English soldier and painter (b. 1833)
• 1904 » Nikolay Bobrikov, Russian soldier and politician, Governor-General of Finland (b. 1839)
• 1936 » Julius Seljamaa, Estonian journalist, politician, and diplomat, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Eugen Weidmann, German criminal (b. 1908)
• 1940 » Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johan Wagenaar, Dutch organist and composer (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)

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.
• January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
• 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.
• November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
• December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
• December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.

The temperature on June 17, 1896 was about 26.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 55%.