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• Alberdina Venekamp, Peize, Drenthe, Nederland († 1948)
• Adriana Zoetje Breedveld, Nieuw-Lekkerland († 1988)
• Aartje Wassenaar, Noordwijkerhout († 1946)
• Anna Agnes Olbrat, Austria († 1977)
• Sprengers, Haarlem († 1949)
• Adronie Hoste, Ruddervoorde
• Andries Botellho, Padang, Sumatra (NI) († 1896)
• Franciscus Cornelis Sluijter, Zwammerdam († 1980)
• Adriana Bedaf, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1964)
• Aartje Wassenaar, Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1946)

• Albertus Bosch (0), Haarlem
• Aleida Arnolda Laura van Vledder (0), Utrecht
• Aren Vijfhuize (1), Sommelsdijk
• Adriana Sparreboom (63), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Lubberts Bijker (66), Nijerleeksterveld (Vledder)
• Arendje Sterken (27), Nieuw Amsterdam (Emmen)
• Adriana Sparreboom (64), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Blasius Reiner (46), Deutsch Griffen,, Sankt Veit an der Glan, Kärnten, Österreich
• Achille Camille Lammers (0), Zonnebeke,8980,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Andries Botellho (0), Padang

• 1888 » Percy Kilbride, American actor († 1964)
• 1889 » Arthur Bowie Chrisman, American author († 1953)
• 1895 » Wilfrid Hamel, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Quebec City († 1968)
• 1896 » Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist († 1969)
• 1896 » Trygve Lie, Norwegian trade union leader and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations († 1968)
• 1902 » Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist and physician († 1977)
• 1902 » Mary Philbin, American actress († 1993)
• 1903 » Carmen Lombardo, Canadian singer-songwriter († 1971)
• 1903 » Fritz Bauer, German lawyer and judge († 1968)
• 1903 » Irmgard Flügge-Lotz, German mathematician and engineer († 1974)

• 1849 » Sarah Allen, African-American missionary for the African Methodist Episcopal Church (b. 1764)
• 1868 » Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)

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.
• May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
• May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
• 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.
• August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
• November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
• November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.

The temperature on July 16, 1896 was about 17.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.