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• Adriana Klootwijk, Barendrecht († 1960)
• Alexander Moeken, Stad Almelo († 1973)
• Abraham Rine, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Alida Israel d'Ancona, Amsterdam, Government of Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Andrew Visser, Mammoth Spring, Fulton, Arkansas (USA) († 1960)
• Albert Nonkes, Musselkanaal (Onstwedde) († 1982)
• Adriaan Arnold Anton Knappert, ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Adelheid Helena Collmer, Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1900)
• Altha Taylor, Elba, Cassia County, Idaho, United States of America († 1976)
• Aart van Velzen, Delft († 1896)

• Bertha Riedel (52), Alt Heinrichau (Kr. Münsterberg), Stary Henrykow, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
• Theodorus Anthonius Spitsbaard (56), utrecht
• Albertus Beeler (38), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den Broek (80), Chaam, Nederland
• Aaltje Vietje (51), Nieuw Dordrecht
• Adriana Leijtens (98), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland, NLD)
• Anna Maria van den Broek (80), Chaam
• Arend de Haas (59), Djokjakarta
• Catharina Cornelia Uphof (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Carolus Ludovicus Ramon (48), Westende, Middelkerke, West-Vlaanderen, België

• 1891 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright († 1940)
• 1892 » Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral († 1977)
• 1892 » Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer († 1969)
• 1893 » José Nepomuceno, Filipino filmmaker, founder of Philippine cinema († 1959)
• 1894 » Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist († 1973)
• 1895 » Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician († 1972)
• 1895 » William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician († 1941)
• 1898 » Arletty, French model, actress, and singer († 1992)
• 1899 » Jean Étienne Valluy, French general († 1970)
• 1900 » Ida Rhodes, American mathematician, pioneer in computer programming († 1986)

• 1879 » Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 » Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Ida Freund, Austrian-born chemist and educator (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 » Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 » Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Kenneth J. Alford, English soldier, bandmaster, and composer (b. 1881)

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.
• February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
• March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
• May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
• June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
• November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
• December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

The temperature on May 15, 1896 was about 17.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%.