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• Adrianus Timmermans, Vught († 1921)
• Adriana Joanna Waterschoot, Stratum († 1987)
• Alida Dhanijns, Evergem († 1971)
• Albertus Johannes van den Akker, Utrecht
• Alice Eugenie De Canck, Baelegem († 1960)
• * Jan Clement, Rotterdam († 1976)
• Agatha Hendrika van der Vlugt, Heemstede († 1935)
• Aaltje Bredzé, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1916)
• Adriana Dons, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Rave, Coevorden

• Albertje Jansz Wolff (38), Edam, nh.nld
• Aafje Ossebaart (74), Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Timmerman (0)
• Amelia SEGERS (64), Mollem,1730,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Alegiena (Lugina, Luchina) van Balen (72), Stad Almelo
• Antoine Joseph GOFFIN, Koekelberg, 21011, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique
• Anthonius Hubertus Pollaert (57)
• * WIGGER ARNOLDUS Peereboom (3), Leeuwarden, Friesland, NL
• Albert Prins (60), Genemuiden
• Anna Maria Follmann (0), Föhren, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

• 1890 » Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater († 1974)
• 1892 » Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor († 1958)
• 1894 » Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist († 1976)
• 1895 » Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Spanish tennis player († 1984)
• 1895 » Nima Yooshij, Iranian poet and academic († 1960)
• 1896 » Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and author († 1987)
• 1897 » Karl Marx, German composer and conductor († 1985)
• 1898 » Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast († 1999)
• 1900 » Stanley Graham, New Zealand mass murderer († 1941)
• 1901 » James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian († 1994)

• 1847 » William Christopher Zeise, Danish chemist who prepared Zeise's salt, one of the first organometallic compounds (b. 1789)
• 1865 » Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810)
• 1896 » Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (b. 1843)
• 1902 » William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812)
• 1916 » Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
• 1933 » F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1933 » John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (b. 1875)
• 1946 » Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)

• 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.
• February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
• 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.
• December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
• December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
• December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

The temperature on November 12, 1896 was about 8.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.