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• adelgonda brasseler, dulken (duitsland) († 1973)
• Adolf August Audenaert, Zuiddorpe, Zeeland, The Netherlands († 1964)
• (Auguste) Paula OBERHOFF, Ronsdorf/Wuppertal (D) († 1969)
• Adriaantje Huisert, Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1970)
• Abeltje Bloemsma, Ooststellingwerf
• Albert Ganzeveld, Middelbert, Noorddijk, Groningen, Nederland († 1901)
• Adrianus Cornelis Aarts, Berlicum († 1950)
• Adriaantje Huisert, Numansdorp, Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries van der BAARS, Vlaardingen
• Jan Santing, Gramsbergen († 1897)

• Adriana VAN GESTEL (60), Breda,North-Brabant,Netherlands
• Anthonij Johannes Hakkert (0), Zeist
• Arij Driesprong (75), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Anna Jacoba Slijkhuis (0), Deventer
• Arij Driesprong (72), Fijnaart, Noord-Barbant, Nederland
• Antje Roest (79), Leiden
• Anna Augustijn (88), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adam van Rees, Geldermalsen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Bok, van den (0), Rotterdam Zhl. NL
• Antje Vorenholt (6), Zevenhuizen, gem. Leek, Groningen, Nederland

• 1887 » S. Satyamurti, Indian lawyer and politician († 1943)
• 1895 » C. Suntharalingam, Sri Lankan lawyer, academic, and politician († 1985)
• 1899 » Colleen Moore, American actress († 1988)
• 1900 » Dorothy Burr Thompson, American archaeologist and art historian († 2001)
• 1900 » Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher, author, and academic († 1976)
• 1900 » Gontran de Poncins, French author and adventurer († 1962)
• 1902 » Ogden Nash, American poet († 1971)
• 1903 » James Gould Cozzens, American novelist and short story writer († 1978)
• 1904 » Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman († 1963)
• 1906 » Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Fusor († 1971)

• 1883 » Jeremiah S. Black, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Attorney General (b. 1810)
• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)

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.
• April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
• June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
• August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
• November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
• December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

The temperature on August 19, 1896 was about 14.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.