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• Adrianus Franciscus Peeters, Dongen († 1934)
• Adriana Fransen, Made en Drimmelen, Netherlands
• Adriana Neuteboom, Amsterdam († 1955)
• Adrianus Timmermans, Vught († 1921)
• Adrianus Meijdam, Asperen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1973)
• Albert Muskee, Emmen (Amsterdamscheveld)
• Albertus Johannes van den Akker, Utrecht
• Adriana DONS, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1980)
• Albert Rave, Coevorden
• Albertje Blaauw, Schoterland (Jubbega Schurega) († 1914)

• Albert Prins (60), Genemuiden, Nederland
• Alegiena (Lugina, Luchina) van Balen (72), Stad Almelo
• Aäron van Buren (ook Buuren) (66), Buren, Gelderland, NL
• Aleida Siebelink (53), Gaanderen
• Albert Munnik (75), Meppel 169
• Anna Johanna van Helden (0), dordrecht (zuid holland)
• Anne GRIMLER (19), Grentzingen (68960, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Aleida Siebelink (53), Ambt Doetinchem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Albertje Jansz Wolff (38), Edam, nh.nld
• Alida de Vries (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

• 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.
• March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
• May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
• 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 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
• 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%.