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• Alexander Nicolaas Weijers, Haarlem {NH} († 1970)
• , Sassenheim († 1961)
• Aaltje Janssen, Smilde
• Age Klases Koldijk, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Scholte, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland-Odoornerveen († 1897)
• Age Frans De Weger, Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1896)
• Adriana Elisabeth de Winter, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Alida Zeeman, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adèle Madelon Maurits, Nijmegen, Gld, Nederland
• ALIDA ZEEMAN, MONSTER

• Adrianus Hamels (40), Princenhage
• Andries Stehouwer (76), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Sicardi (0), Rotterdam
• Arendje Berg van den (0), Nijstad
• Andries ('Dolle Dries') Stehouwer (76), Grand Rapids/Kent/MI/USA
• Adriaantje de Kooter (57), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Boender (69), Nieuw-Buinen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Boender (69), Nieuwe Buinen
• Adelaide COPIN (90), Puisieux,62116,Pas-de-Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,FRANCE
• Aaltje Klitsie (38), Edam-Volendam, North Holland, Netherlands

• 1891 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle († 1944)
• 1891 » Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator († 1962)
• 1892 » Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author († 1962)
• 1892 » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist († 1978)
• 1897 » Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator († 1968)
• 1897 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic († 1970)
• 1898 » Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 1968)
• 1900 » Charley Paddock, American sprinter († 1943)
• 1900 » Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar († 1994)
• 1902 » Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist († 1986)

• 1868 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 » Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
• 1892 » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)

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 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
• April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
• 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.
• July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
• August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.

The temperature on August 11, 1896 was about 19.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.