About the day » Friday November 20, 1896Calender converter

• Aaltje Ester, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1990)
• Albert Luesink, Ambt Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1909)
• Adrianus Eversteijn, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Mosk, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• ALIDA BOERS, NAALDWIJK († 1988)
• Adriaan Timmer, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Amerigo William Annucci, New York, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Amati Vandemoortele, Rolleghem Kapelle († 1967)
• Anje Siegers, Roden, Noordenveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 1984)
• Adrianus Eversteijn, Naaldwijk

• Bastiaan Arisse Mastbergen (21), Cromstrijen (Numansdorp) (Zuid Holland)
• Albert van Maaren (65), Barneveld
• Arie Spierenburg (2), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert Tieman (67), Hardenberg
• Angelina Fransen (53), Gilze (Gilze en Rijen) (Noord-Brabant)
• Bastiaan Mastbergen (21), Numansdorp
• Augustus Van Beversluys (43), Zwijnaarde
• Adrianus Johannes van Delft (0), Waalwijk
• Adriaan van ROOIJ (76), Hilvarenbeek, 3738, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Klok (16), Oostvoorne

• 1893 » André Bloch, French mathematician († 1948)
• 1893 » Grace Darmond, Canadian-American actress († 1963)
• 1894 » Johann Nikuradse, Georgian-born German engineer and physicist († 1979)
• 1895 » Pierre Cot, French politician († 1977)
• 1896 » Carl Mayer, Austrian-Jewish screenplay writer († 1944)
• 1896 » Chiyono Hasegawa, Japanese supercentenarian († 2001)
• 1897 » Germaine Krull, German photographer and political activist († 1985)
• 1898 » Adrian Piotrovsky, Russian dramaturge († 1937)
• 1898 » Richmond Landon, American high jumper († 1971)
• 1899 » Alicja Kotowska, Polish nun († 1939)

• 1880 » Léon Cogniet, French painter (b. 1794)
• 1882 » Henry Draper, American doctor and astronomer (b. 1837)
• 1886 » William Bliss Baker, American painter (b. 1859)
• 1894 » Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1829)
• 1898 » Sir John Fowler, 1st Baronet, English engineer (b. 1817)
• 1903 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat, French race car driver (b. 1867)
• 1903 » Tom Horn, American scout, cowboy, soldier
• 1908 » Albert Dietrich, German composer and conductor (b. 1829)
• 1908 » Georgy Voronoy, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1868)
• 1910 » Leo Tolstoy, Russian author and playwright (b. 1828)

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.
• January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
• March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
• 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.
• September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
• December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

The temperature on November 20, 1896 was about 2.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.