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• Adeline Clara Reindel, Van Wert Co., Ohio, United States († 1941)
• Agatha van den Berg, Warmenhuizen († 1978)
• Aart van Doorn, Veenenaal
• Alexander An Al DINGEMANS, Stabroek, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1978)
• VAN DER LAAN ANTJE, LEIDEN († 1897)
• Pieter Stassen, Hillegom
• Adriaan Floor, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Verburg, Ouderkerk a/s IJssel († 1896)
• Adriaan II Floor, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland († 1961)
• Aart van Acquoij, waardenburg

• Antonie de Wit (54), Dussen, N-B, Ned
• Antonie de Wit (54), Dussen
• Anna Maria Nietvelt (68), Geel, België
• Verburg (0), Ouderkerk a/s IJssel
• Anna Barbera Holswilder (62)
• (1) Antoinetta Alida Terspil (75), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adrianus de Krom (0), Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe
• Arie Seip (0), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands
• Anastasie PRINET (71), Rosieres sur Crise
• Agathon Aart van Es (0), Zeist

• 1890 » Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi, Indian journalist and politician († 1931)
• 1893 » Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet and author († 1977)
• 1894 » Florence Nagle, English trainer and breeder of racehorses († 1988)
• 1899 » Judy Johnson, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1900 » Ibrahim Abboud, Sudanese politician and general, 1st President of Sudan († 1983)
• 1900 » Karin Boye, Swedish poet and novelist († 1941)
• 1902 » Beryl Markham, Kenyan horse trainer and author († 1986)
• 1902 » Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer and academic († 1980)
• 1902 » Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee († 1994)
• 1903 » Mahn Ba Khaing, Burmese politician († 1947)

• 1864 » William T. Anderson, American captain (b. 1838)
• 1866 » John Kinder Labatt, Irish-Canadian brewer, founded the Labatt Brewing Company (b. 1803)
• 1871 » Robert Anderson (Civil War), American general (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Carlo Collodi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1826)
• 1896 » Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French philosopher, academic, and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1827)
• 1902 » Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Itō Hirobumi, Japanese samurai and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Akashi Motojiro, Japanese general (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet (b. 1898)
• 1929 » Swan Hennessy, Irish-American composer (b. 1866)

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.
• July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
• August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
• August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
• 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.
• 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 26, 1896 was about 6.7 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.