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• Abraham Stikkelorum, Leiden († 1959)
• Albert Robert Francis Leopold graaf van Limburg Stirum, Blitar (Java) († 1901)
• Aaltje Mulder, Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan Frans Diederik (Ad) van der Hilst, amsterdam, Nederland († 1965)
• Agatha Meier, amsterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus Simons, Breda († 1971)
• Anna van Enk, Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1975)
• Alphonsus Franciscus Nevelsteen, Geel, België († 1944)
• Agnes Maria Knoops, Stevensweert († 1972)
• Andrea Henrica Kop, Amsterdam

• Anne Claire (Anna Clara) Sistermans (Sijstermans) (88), Bocholtz
• Catharina Maria Beij (1), Leiden
• Cornelia Frederika Meijer (0), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina ten Have (28), Lichtenvoorde (Oost Gelre), Gelderland, Nederland
• Cajus Christian Frederik Marius von Ahlefeldt (80), Kolberg, Heidesee, Allemagne
• Albertha Strunk (2), Epe
• Anna Maria Verbruggen (73), Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Berend Knol (8), Verlaat, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland
• Amand Joseph Couchez (84), Zarren
• Antje (doekles) van der Plaats (71), Arum

• 1894 » Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, astronomer, and cosmologist († 1966)
• 1896 » Rupert Atkinson, English RAF officer († 1919)
• 1898 » Berenice Abbott, American photographer († 1991)
• 1898 » Osmond Borradaile, Canadian soldier and cinematographer († 1999)
• 1899 » James Cagney, American actor and dancer († 1986)
• 1900 » Marcel Dalio, French actor († 1983)
• 1901 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author († 1938)
• 1901 » Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver († 1994)
• 1901 » Patrick Smith, Irish farmer and politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine († 1982)
• 1902 » Christina Stead, Australian author and academic († 1983)

• 1881 » Jim Bridger, American scout and explorer (b. 1804)
• 1883 » Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1829)
• 1885 » Jean-Charles Chapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1811)
• 1887 » Dorothea Dix, American nurse and activist (b. 1802)
• 1893 » Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (b. 1833)
• 1894 » Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1894 » Leconte de Lisle, French poet and translator (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Thomas McIlwraith, Scottish-Australian politician, 8th Premier of Queensland (b. 1835)
• 1907 » Hector Malot, French author and critic (b. 1830)
• 1912 » Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (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.
• 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.
• April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
• May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
• May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
• June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.

The temperature on July 17, 1896 was about 17.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.