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• Adriana Maria Brokx, Oosterhout († 1976)
• Aaltje Demoed, Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland († 1896)
• Aaltje Douwes Visser, Wouterswoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1969)
• Andries Timmerman, Amsterdam, N-H, Nederland
• Age Negenman, Gaasterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Dirkje de Braal, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Angenita Bergita van Vugt, Rotterdam († 1978)
• Aaltien Breider, Nieuw-Dordrecht, Emmen
• Adrianus de KOK, Wouw (N.Br. Nl)
• (Stillborn) VAN DIJK, Westernieland (Eenrum) Groningen Netherlands († 1896)

• Barend Bruggink (3), Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anna Sara van Vianen (79), Enkhuizen, Nederland
• Anje Klaassens Kraima (69), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Otter (5), Urk
• Albert Otter (5), Urk
• Alexander VON PREUßEN (75)
• Andries Jans Knol (65), Havelte
• Adrianus Nijssen (91), Holland (Ottawa, Michigan, USA)
• Aleijda Korthouwer (89), Valburg
• Anna Johanna Moores Moren (80), Alem, Maren en Kessel

• 1889 » M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India († 1963)
• 1891 » Edward Brooker, English-Australian sergeant and politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania († 1948)
• 1895 » Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. († 1982)
• 1896 » André Masson, French painter and illustrator († 1987)
• 1896 » Everett Dirksen, American politician († 1969)
• 1897 » Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China († 1965)
• 1900 » James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist († 1989)
• 1901 » C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist († 1989)
• 1902 » John A. McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence († 1991)
• 1905 » Sterling Holloway, American actor († 1992)

• 1880 » Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (b. 1829)
• 1880 » Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)
• 1882 » John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)
• 1883 » Antoine Chanzy, French general (b. 1823)
• 1891 » Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (b. 1833)
• 1896 » Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1900 » Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)
• 1901 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)
• 1904 » Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)

• 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.
• March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
• May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
• June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
• September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
• December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

The temperature on January 4, 1896 was about 2.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.