About the day » Wednesday January 29, 1896Calender converter

• Aarjen Gomes, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• Adrianus Josephus Eduardus Tops, Rotterdam († 1954)
• * Hendrika Jakoba Kooreman, Rotterdam
• Aafje Mulder, Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1946)
• Adriana Elisabeth Swaans, Vessem, Wintelre en Knegsel
• Anna Jeurissen, Neuss, Germany († 1969)
• Albert Haarman, Steenwijkerwold
• Leonardus Adriaan Zijlmans, Oosterhout
• Trijntje Schipper, Amsterdam († 1904)
• Adrianus Josephus Eduardus Tops, Rotterdam

• Adriaan Meeuwis (84), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonia Jozina Johannesd Dangerman (3), Hellevoetsluis, zh.nld
• Appelonia Theodora Knippenberg (2), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anne Calder (84), High street, Buckie, Banffshire, Scotland
• Antonetta Willebrorda van Roessel (0), Diessen
• Anna Agatha van der Pluijm (90), Dussen
• Arie Hazenoot (0), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina VERSCHUEREN (79), Hoboken, 2660, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Adrianus Johannes van Vliet (0), Delft,-
• Anthonie van Zijl (39), Utrecht

• 1888 » Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist († 1970)
• 1888 » Wellington Koo, Chinese statesman († 1985)
• 1891 » Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina and educator († 1975)
• 1891 » R. Norris Williams, Swiss-American tennis player and banker († 1968)
• 1892 » Ernst Lubitsch, German American film director, producer, writer, and actor († 1947)
• 1895 » Muna Lee, American poet and author († 1965)
• 1901 » Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster, founded the DuMont Television Network († 1965)
• 1901 » E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder († 1989)
• 1903 » Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Russian-Israeli biochemist and philosopher († 1994)
• 1905 » Barnett Newman, American painter and etcher († 1970)

• 1870 » Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
• 1871 » Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
• 1888 » Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
• 1906 » Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
• 1928 » Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
• 1931 » Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)

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 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
• January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
• 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.
• April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
• 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.
• December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.

The temperature on January 29, 1896 was about -0.9 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.