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• Adriaan Ruisaard, Brielle
• adriaantje maria ANDEWEG, numansdorp
• Amos Francis Freel, Rensselaer, Jasper, Indiana, United States († 1986)
• ANNA LOUISA VAN BRANDEN, LOKEREN,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1899)
• Anna Hendrika Vos, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Griffioen, Maarsseveen († 1909)
• Anna Vriend, Wolvega, gem. Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Anne Offereins, Bovensmilde (Smilde) († 1972)
• Albertus Christianus Kemper, Duiven, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1904)
• Albert Goosen, Rijssen

• Anna Maria JONGMANS (82), Hoeven,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Adrianus Maas (61), Rotterdam
• Adriaan van de Ven (80), Udenhout
• Anna Maria Jongmans (82), Hoeven
• Adriana Van 'T Woud (77), Vlaardingen
• Abram KRAGTWIJK (50), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Antonius van Ginneken (76), Roosendaal-Nispen
• Alida Stofberg (68), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida van Losser (72), Rijssen
• Albertus Pirovano (0), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1892 » Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst († 1949)
• 1893 » Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist († 1987)
• 1893 » Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress († 1979)
• 1894 » Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar, Indian chemist and academic († 1955)
• 1895 » Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1976)
• 1896 » Nirala, Indian poet and author († 1961)
• 1900 » Jeanne Aubert, French singer and actress († 1988)
• 1902 » Arthur Nock, English theologian and academic († 1963)
• 1903 » Anaïs Nin, French-American essayist and memoirist († 1977)
• 1903 » Raymond Queneau, French poet and author († 1976)

• 1862 » Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)
• 1888 » William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1804)
• 1891 » James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
• 1919 » Kurt Eisner, German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1934 » Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
• 1938 » George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Frederick Banting, Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Eric Liddell, Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)

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 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
• 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 » 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.
• September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
• 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.

The temperature on February 21, 1896 was about 1.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.