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• Aaltje Jansen, Harderwijk († 1982)
• Agatha Marie Anatolie Speekenbrink, Dongen († 1953)
• Albertus Scholten, Hengelo-Driene († 1896)
• Adriana Aleida Wilhelmina TACKE, Velp († 1978)
• Adrianus Cornelis Ros, Rucphen en Vorenseinde († 1971)
• Agatha Hendrika Koopman, Heerhugowaard
• Alicia Beatrix BRUSSELLE, Dudzele,8380,West-Vlaanderen,BELGIE († 1912)
• Adriana Maria Zijlmans, Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Alberta Koppelman, Utrecht
• Aart Adrianus Cornelis Lokhorst, Oldebroek

• Afiena SLIM (36), Wildervank (Veendam) Groningen Netherlands
• Aart de Zwaan (81), Harderwijk
• Aaltje Rakhorst (40), Putten
• Aaldert Jan Braaksma (2), Zwolle
• Anna Maria Roeffen (67), Venray
• Adrianus Verkerk (82), Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antoon Donkers (73), Didam, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Rakhorst (40), Putten
• Albertus Santing (1), Munsterscheveld, Emmen
• Arend Kompagne (62), Bergentheim (Ambt Hardenberg Ov)

• 1889 » Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor († 1975)
• 1889 » John Gilbert Winant, American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire († 1947)
• 1889 » Musidora, French actress and director († 1957)
• 1889 » Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer († 1949)
• 1892 » Agnes Smedley, American journalist and writer († 1950)
• 1892 » Kathleen Harrison, English actress († 1995)
• 1894 » Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1978)
• 1899 » Erich Kästner, German author and poet († 1974)
• 1899 » Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter († 1981)
• 1904 » Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter († 1980)

• 1855 » Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 » Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 » Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)

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. Petronella
15. Helena
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 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.
• July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
• July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
• August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
• August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.

The temperature on February 23, 1896 was about -3.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%.