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Born on Wednesday January 8, 1896
- Adriana Johanna Hendrika Schouten, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adriana Kesling, Rotterdam († 1976)
- Adriana Kesling, Rotterdam († 1976)
- Abelardo Bretanha Bueno do Prado, Jaguarão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil († 1961)
- Adolph Willem Albert Ziessen, Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1967)
- van Doorn, IJSSELSTEIN, Utrecht, Nederland († 1896)
- Aaltje KARSTEN, Nibbixwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1896)
- Adriaan Jacobus Buitenhuis, Weesp {NH} († 1949)
- Adriana Cornelia Spierenburg, Utrecht
- ? BELL, Maasbracht (Limburg), Nederland († 1896)
Died on Wednesday January 8, 1896
- Arrington Hinson (79)
- Aleida Bolek (57), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Albertus Hermannesz Wiegmink (83), Kuinre, ov.nld
- Alanson Lemon (58)
- Aartje Vedder (40)
- Arie Casteleijn (74), 's-Heeraartsberg en Bergambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adriaan van Hooijdonk (81), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- ... van Boecop (0), ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands
- Arie Huizinga (45), Texel
- Allegonda van Hessen (18), Leens
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 8, 1896 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Leeuwarder courant
- Middelburgsche courant
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Bataviaasch nieuwsblad
Born on January 8
- 1891 » Bronislava Nijinska, Russian dancer and choreographer († 1972) name="Jöckle1995">Clemens Jöckle (1995). Encyclopedia of Saints. Alpine Fine Arts Collection. p.319. ISBN978-0-88168-226-7.</ref>
- 1891 » Storm Jameson, English journalist and author († 1986)
- 1891 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1957)
- 1896 » Jaromír Weinberger, Czech-American composer and academic († 1967)
- 1897 » Dennis Wheatley, English soldier and author († 1977)
- 1899 » S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka († 1959)
- 1900 » Dorothy Adams, American character actress († 1988)
- 1900 » Merlyn Myer, Australian philanthropist († 1982)
- 1902 » Carl Rogers, American psychologist and academic († 1987)
- 1902 » Georgy Malenkov, Russian engineer and politician († 1988)
Died on January 8
- 1878 » Gauchito Gil, Argentinian saint (b. 1847)
- 1878 » Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1821)
- 1880 » Emperor Norton, English-American businessman (b. 1811)
- 1883 » Miska Magyarics, Slovene-Hungarian poet (b. 1825)
- 1896 » Paul Verlaine, French poet and writer (b. 1844)
- 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
- 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
- 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
- 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
- 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1896
- 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 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
- March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- 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 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
Weather January 8, 1896
The temperature on January 8, 1896 was about 3.7 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.