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• Adin Greenwood Wimpee, Rome, Floyd, Georgia († 1963)
• Jeannette Aletta Scholte, Amsterdam († 1952)
• Andries Buitenhuis, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1984)
• Albertje Ploeger, Oude Pekela, Groningen, Nederland († 1978)
• Adam van der Mispel, Rotterdam († 1898)
• Adrianus Henricus Horsten, Tilburg († 1962)
• Adrianus Marinus Leonardus Groot, amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Tannetje de JONGE, Middelburg (Zeeland, The Netherlands)
• Adrianus Johannes Josephus van Dun, Hilvarenbeek († 1898)
• Albertje Hajer, Olst († 1968)

• Agnes Jeanette Mathisen (3), Ovid, Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States of America
• Albert Wilhelm NIJMAN (2), Dinxperlo, Gelderland, NL
• Anna Sophia Eussen (77), Beek (Spaubeek) (Limburg)
• Adriana Peute (21), Zierikzee
• Andries Regtop (3), Klijndijk Odoorn Drenthe Nederland
• Aaltje Adriaans Moerman (85), Delft
• Baan (0), Rijssen
• Alida BOELHOUWER (7), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aleida Carolina Berendina van Loo (62), (OV) Deventer
• Afina Cornelia Heijning (56), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands

• 1891 » Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic († 1951)
• 1894 » Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa († 1982)
• 1895 » Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician and academic († 1969)
• 1896 » Ann Nolan Clark, American historian, author, and educator († 1995)
• 1896 » Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1897 » Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli philosopher and historian († 1982)
• 1897 » Nunnally Johnson, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1898 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress († 1947)
• 1898 » Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and translator († 1982)
• 1900 » Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer († 1972)

• 1870 » Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)

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.
• June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
• July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
• 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.
• December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
• December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.

The temperature on December 5, 1896 was about 6.6 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.