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• Anna Maria Dautzenberg, Ubach over Worms, Landgraaf († 1963)
• Albert Bruins, Avereest
• Andreas Janssen, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1897)
• Antoinette Rommens († 1989)
• Anne Marie Vogt d'Hunolstein († 1971)
• Aaltje Pieters, Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Otter, Dioniawerstal
• Aaltje Wiechertsdr van Eerde, Den Helder († 1897)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis van de Lisdonk, Goirle († 1897)
• Adrianus Johannes Cornelis van de Lisdonk, Goirle († 1897)

• Adriaantje Vogelaar (72), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina Beukeveld- (45), Coevorden, Nederland
• Berendina Beukeveld (45), Coevorden
• Chrétien Marie van der Heijden (79), Hunsel,Gemeente Leudal,Limburg,Netherlands
• Adriana Aalbertsd VOGELAAR (73), Ridderkerk
• Antonia van Hooff (88), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Nijman (1), Rotterdam
• Arie Korpershoek (0), Rotterdam
• Bernard Henrich Schmits (77), Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
• adriaantje SMIT (83), maasdam

• 1885 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general († 1921)
• 1886 » Norman Hallows, English runner and captain († 1968)
• 1895 » Oswald Freisler, German lawyer and author († 1939)
• 1896 » David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter († 1974)
• 1899 » Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing († 1992)
• 1902 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player († 1957)
• 1903 » Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter († 1962)
• 1904 » Kuvempu, Indian author and poet († 1994)
• 1908 » Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author († 1993)
• 1908 » Magnus Pyke, English scientist and author († 1992)

• 1887 » Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
• 1890 » Spotted Elk, American tribal leader (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)

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.
• 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.
• April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
• May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
• July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on December 29, 1896 was about 3.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%.