About the day » Friday December 25, 1896Calender converter

• Adriana Eggebeen, Wolfaartsdijk († 1965)
• Adriana Louisa Monden +, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1897)
• Alberta Possemis, Weststellingwerf
• Aaltje Knol, Achterom (Hoogeveen) († 1963)
• Amanda Maria Raes, Oostnieuwkerke († 1960)
• Adriana Mathilde Johanna Schriks, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1974)
• Agnes Jane Knight, North Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States († 1961)
• Aartje Dammen, Amsterdam († 1985)
• Aldert van der Wal, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1963)
• Adriana Hendrika Semeijn, Wissenkerke, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)

• Hobo (0), Zuilichem
• Adriaan Kersten (67), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Aart Oskam (24), Bergambacht
• Agatha van Asselen (65), Mijdrecht
• Anthony Center Looper (31), Shiloh, Overton, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• ? Hobo (0), Zuilichem, Nederland
• Arie van Pelt (75), Schiedam,-
• Albert Andries Turksma (81), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arrien Rook (12), Ambt-Vollenhove (Barsbeek)
• Arie Van Der SIJDE (4), Oud-Beijerland

• 1889 » Lila Bell Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest († 1984)
• 1890 » Noel Odell, English geologist and mountaineer († 1987)
• 1890 » Robert Ripley, American anthropologist and publisher († 1949)
• 1891 » Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer († 1980)
• 1891 » Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, Indian-English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar († 1959)
• 1899 » Humphrey Bogart, American actor († 1957)
• 1901 » Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester († 2004)
• 1902 » Barton MacLane, American actor, playwright, and screenwriter († 1969)
• 1902 » William Bell, American tuba player and educator († 1971)
• 1903 » Antiochos Evangelatos, Greek composer and conductor († 1981)

• 1868 » Linus Yale, Jr., American engineer and businessman (b. 1821)
• 1875 » Young Tom Morris, Scottish golfer (b. 1851)
• 1880 » Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1828)
• 1916 » Albert Chmielowski, Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (b. 1845)
• 1921 » Vladimir Korolenko, Russian journalist, author, and activist (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Karl Abraham, German psychoanalyst and author (b. 1877)
• 1926 » Emperor Taishō of Japan (b. 1879)
• 1928 » Miles Burke, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1930 » Jakob Mändmets, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1871)
• 1933 » Francesc Macià, Catalan colonel and politician, 122nd President of Catalonia (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.
• February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
• March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
• 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.
• June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
• November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
• December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

The temperature on December 25, 1896 was about 0.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.