About the day » Thursday October 22, 1896Calender converter

• Adam Philip de Jel, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1986)
• Aaldert Gruppen, Oosterveld (Zuidwolde), Drenthe, Nederland († 1896)
• Schriel, rotterdam († 1896)
• Albert Harms, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Bogmans, Oirschot
• Aafke Henderika Wiersema, Niehove, Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland († 1984)
• Aleida Theodora Josephina Maria Kuitems, den Haag († 1979)
• Agatha Johanna Antonia Haring, den haag
• Alphonsia Maria van der Wielen, Rotterdam († 1988)
• Aaltje Plakke, Nunspeet

• Ailko Hamster (85), Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Ailko Jans Hamster (85), Noordbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Lusia van der Kleij (61)
• Adriana van Peuten (93)
• Alonzo Sheridan Custer (47), Jefferson, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Verkerk (68), Ammerstol
• Adriana Van Bedaf (32), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje Meer van der (65), Kollumerland, Fr, Nederland
• Schriel (0), rotterdam
• Anna Zwarts (77), Gemeente Epe, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1893 » Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist († 1985)
• 1893 » Luis Otero, Spanish footballer († 1955).
• 1894 » Mei Lanfang, Chinese actor and singer († 1961)
• 1895 » Johnny Morrison, professional baseball player († 1966)
• 1896 » Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic († 1988)
• 1896 » José Leitão de Barros, Portuguese film director and playwright († 1967).
• 1897 » Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator († 1958)
• 1898 » Dámaso Alonso, Spanish poet and philologist († 1990).
• 1899 » Salarrué, Salvadoran writer and painter († 1975).
• 1900 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist († 1927)

• 1883 » George Coulthard, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1856)
• 1883 » Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American soldier and author (b. 1818)
• 1885 » Lewis Majendie, English politician (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, Austrian physiologist and physician (b. 1846)
• 1902 » Herman Adolfovich Trautschold, German geologist and paleontologist (b. 1817)
• 1906 » Paul Cézanne, French painter (b. 1839)
• 1914 » Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Bob Fitzsimmons, English-American boxer (b. 1863)
• 1917 » Charles Pardey Lukis, founder of the Indian Journal of Medical Research and later Director-General of the Indian Medical Service (b. 1857)
• 1927 » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (b. 1876)

• 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.
• March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
• March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
• June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
• June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
• 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 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

The temperature on October 22, 1896 was about 6.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.