About the day » Monday August 17, 1896Calender converter

• Agnes van Eijk, Laag-Nieuwkoop, Utrecht, Nederland († 1898)
• Ana Amélia de Queiroz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 1971)
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Sintanneland, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Koedijk, Heemskerk († 1985)
• Alida van Wijk, Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andreas A.M. Akkermans, Oud-Gastel († 1969)
• Adriana van Leeuwen, Schiedam
• Alexander Willem Clarenbach, Sibolga, Tapanoeli, Ned. Indië
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Sint Anneland, Rotterdam († 1983)
• Anna Carolina Gschwend, Oosterhout

• Alphonse Parent, Ramegnies, 7971, Belgique
• Anna Maria van Breemen (70), Rotterdam
• Christiaan Gos (82), Hoepertingen, België
• Asa Krom (0)
• Anna Knijn (0), Wervershoof, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Clara Catharina Linterman (64), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Beint Jans Zijlstra (55), Tietjerksteradeel
• Celina Maria SEGERS (0), Leerbeek,1755,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Adriana Elisabeth Schoenmakers (0), Raamsdonk
• Annechien Post (4), Smilde, Drenthe, Netherlands(Bovensmilde)

• 1890 » Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce († 1946)
• 1890 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot († 1920)
• 1893 » John Brahm, German-American director and production manager († 1982)
• 1893 » Mae West, American actress, playwright, and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1894 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group († 1964)
• 1896 » Leslie Groves, American general and engineer († 1970)
• 1896 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author († 1970)
• 1896 » Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile († 1991)
• 1900 » Pauline A. Young, African-American teacher, historian, aviator and activist († 1991)
• 1900 » Vivienne de Watteville, British travel writer and adventurer († 1957)

• 1870 » Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 » Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 » William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 » Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 » Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 » Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 » Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 » Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 » Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 » Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)

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.
• April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
• May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
• May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
• July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
• August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
• September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.

The temperature on August 17, 1896 was about 16.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%.