About the day » Friday December 25, 1896Calender converter

• Agatha Ybes de Ree, Doniawerstal
• Groenendijk, Charlois, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Adriana Eggebeen, Wolfaartsdijk († 1965)
• Adrianes Meerman, Vlissingen († 1972)
• Aaltje Knol, Achterom (Hoogeveen) († 1963)
• "Bill" William Emerson BOYLE, Eganville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
• Ali Ahmed Thabet († 1979)
• ? Hobo, Zuilichem, Nederland († 1896)
• Alexandria Elsie Charlson († 1962)
• Agnes Jane Knight, North Sewickley, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States († 1961)

• Anthonia Hendrina Meertens (74), Buren
• Arie Van Der SIJDE (4), Oud-Beijerland
• Aagje van Asselen (65), Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• (68), Oud Beijerland, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Antonia Hendrina Martens (Meertens) (74), Buren (Gelderland)
• Aagje van Asselen (65), Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arie van Pelt (75), Schiedam
• Agatha van Asselen (65), Mijdrecht, Nederland
• Arrien Rook (12)
• ? Hobo (0), Zuilichem, Nederland

• 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)

• 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.
• 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 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
• 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 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 25, 1896 was about 0.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%.