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• Aldegonda Catharina Linssen, Heythuysen, Provincie Limburg, Nederland († 1981)
• Adriana Fransen, Sassenheim
• Adrianus de Snoo, Hillegersberg
• Adriaan Abraham Eekman, Terneuzen, Nederland († 1977)
• Adèle von Stralendorff, Klaten († 1945)
• Adrianus de Snoo, Hillegersberg, Nederland
• Alida Catharina Blote, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Abel Ebels, Veenhuizen († 1972)
• Adèle van Stralendorff, Klaten, Ned. Indië († 1945)
• Alida Hoogendam, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Aaltje Heldoorn (17), Wilsum, Nederland
• Antonia Jans Puik (27), Hilversum
• Aaltje Jans Hartkamp (19), Aldehaske
• Arie van der Kruk (3), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ? van Regteren (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje Dirks Wiersma (75), Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonetta de Bondt (92), Hei-en Boeicop, NL
• Anna Dorothea STEFFEN (0), Dänschendorf/Fehmarn (DE)
• Vos (0), Stadskanaal (Onstwedde)
• Antje Wiersma (75), Holland Ottawa Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1885 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter († 1959)
• 1885 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic († 1951)
• 1888 » David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer († 1974)
• 1893 » Prajadhipok, Thai king († 1941)
• 1896 » Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager († 1977)
• 1896 » Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian painter and graphic artist († 1975)
• 1897 » Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist († 1980)
• 1898 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer († 1937)
• 1900 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author († 1949)
• 1904 » Cedric Belfrage, English-American journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian († 1990)

• 1873 » Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)

• 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.
• April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
• May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
• May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
• June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
• December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

The temperature on November 8, 1896 was about 4.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%.