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• Adrianus Henricus Cornelis Eras, Tilburg († 1980)
• Albertine Francesca Wilkens, Haarlem, N.H († 1971)
• ? ? († 1956)
• de Ruijter, Heemskerk († 1896)
• Adriana Theodora Borsboom, 's Gravenhage († 1975)
• Alfred Beekman, Windthorst (Joeg.) († 1969)
• Aaltje Dijkstra, Weststellingerwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1980)
• Agatha Margaretha Nienhuis, Noordwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1933)
• Adrianus Simon Johannes Zijlmans, Raamsdonk, Nederland
• Alida Susanna Zwaan, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1903)

• "Josef Alexander" Heinrich Otto Paul Friedrich von Schönburg-Hartenstein (70), Wien, Autriche
• Adriana Wilhelmina van den Berg (27), amsterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Oetelaar (45), Tilburg, NL
• Anna Clara Creuels (0)
• Alexander Prince Of Schoenburg (70), Wien, Wien, Austria
• Alberdina Maria Crum (0), Dodewaard (Neder-Betuwe)
• de Ruijter (0), Heemskerk
• Bauke van der Veer (13), westergeest
• Adrianus Immers (63), Delft,-
• Adriana Blok (21), 's-Gravenhage

• 1890 » Stanley Holloway, English actor († 1982)
• 1893 » Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter († 1974)
• 1893 » Ip Man, Chinese martial artist († 1972)
• 1894 » Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic († 1961)
• 1895 » Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan († 1951)
• 1896 » Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1937)
• 1899 » Ernest Haycox, American author († 1950)
• 1900 » Tom Goddard, English cricketer († 1966)
• 1903 » Pierre Veyron, French race car driver († 1970)
• 1903 » Vladimir Horowitz, Russian-born American pianist and composer († 1989)

• 1864 » Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
• 1878 » Mindon Min, Burmese king (b. 1808)
• 1885 » John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
• 1901 » Abdur Rahman Khan, Afghan emir (b. 1844)
• 1913 » Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1827)
• 1929 » Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)

• 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.
• February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
• March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
• June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
• 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 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

The temperature on October 1, 1896 was about 10.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.