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• Aaltje Wichers Dam, Hellendoorn († 1945)
• Andries de Lange, Middelburg
• Adrianus van de Pol, Oirschot († 1896)
• Adrianus Johannes Herremans, Hagestein († 1978)
• Andries Nellestijn, Rhenen
• Aaltje Sjoerds de Vries, Leeuwarden († 1951)
• Alfred BODMER, Lahr, Duitsland († 1980)
• Alberta Arts, Heumen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1978)
• de Wreede, Sneek, Friesland, Nederland († 1896)
• Josephus Nicolaas Schel, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1897)

• Adrianus van Oosterbosch (3), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Hoogenhoud (Hogerhout) (0), Nigtevecht, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Almira Wood (26)
• Bartholomeus Oerlemans (0), Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aafje Vrugt (0), Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Pierweijer (0), Nieuwe Schutting (Emmen)
• Adrianus van de Pol (0), Oirschot
• Bernardus Verreijt (53), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• de Wreede (0), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Willems van der Veen (83), Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland

• 1888 » Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician († 1991)
• 1888 » Joyce Cary, Irish novelist († 1957)
• 1892 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic († 1964)
• 1893 » Fay Bainter, American actress († 1968)
• 1893 » Hermann Balck, German general († 1982)
• 1894 » Freddie Adkins, English author and illustrator († 1986)
• 1900 » Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist († 1961)
• 1902 » Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator († 1967)
• 1903 » Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic († 1987)
• 1904 » Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer († 1985)

• 1874 » Constantin von Tischendorf, German theologian, scholar, and academic (b. 1815)
• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)

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.
• March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
• May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
• August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
• 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 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.

The temperature on December 7, 1896 was about 2.5 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.