About the day » Saturday July 11, 1896Calender converter

• Andries Siraa, Leiden († 1945)
• * Maria Philomena Doijar, Tilburg († 1987)
• de Vries, Valkenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1896)
• Feenstra, Ooststellingwerf
• Alwine Clara Emma Prins (tweeling), Haarlem († 1992)
• Alida Borrie, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Borrie, Bergen op Zoom Nbr. NL
• Anna Jeana Godding, Maastricht
• Anna Maria Elodia Meersschaut, Bottelare († 1979)
• Agatha Christina Brandt, Deventer

• Berend Jalink (64), Deventer
• Adrianus Honders (0), Ingen,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart van den Berg (67), Opijnen West Betuwe (GL)
• Berend Zomer (54), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Gertruda Rooijakkers (25), Meijel
• Brechtje Lubben Gronewold (35), Pauline, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Rap (76), Amsterdam
• Baukje de Vries (14), Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Catharina Elizabeth Anna Wilhelmina Vogelvanger (62), Leiden
• Augustus Berkeley (Rt Hon Sir) PAGET (73), Hatfield, Hertfordshire

• 1888 » Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and jurist († 1985)
• 1892 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1962)
• 1894 » Erna Mohr, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1895 » Dorothy Wilde, English author and poet († 1941)
• 1897 » Bull Connor, American police officer († 1973)
• 1899 » E. B. White, American essayist and journalist († 1985)
• 1899 » Wilfrid Israel, German businessman and philanthropist († 1943)
• 1901 » Gwendolyn Lizarraga, Belizean businesswoman, activist, and politician († 1975)
• 1903 » Rudolf Abel, English-Russian colonel († 1971)
• 1903 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter († 1976)

• 1825 » Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (b. 1744)
• 1844 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian philosopher and poet (b. 1800)
• 1897 » Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
• 1905 » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
• 1909 » Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)

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 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
• February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
• March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
• June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
• 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.
• November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.

The temperature on July 11, 1896 was about 16.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.