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• Adriana van Deudekom, Delft,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Albert Julien Goethals, Sas van Gent († 1969)
• ? van der Borgh, Nieuw-Buinen, Gemeente Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1896)
• Adriaan Cornelis Quist, Tholen gem. Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland NED († 1974)
• Adriaan van Stuijvenberg, Buren († 1963)
• Adriana Martha Koppejan, Vlissingen (Vlissingen), Zeeland, Nederland († 1904)
• Aaltje Okken, Gasselte
• Aaltje RENGERS, Weerdingerveen (Emmen) Drenthe Netherlands († 1944)
• Aaltje Rengers, weerdingerveen
• Alice Antoinette Emilia Chabot, Sint-Niklaas (B) († 1974)

• Andreas Zst (56), Harderwijk
• Arie Meijer (1884)
• Anna VOEDTMANS (77), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie
• Andries Overweg (0), Hasselt
• Kluun
• Agnieta van Leiden (86), Langbroek, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana de LANGEN (83), Linschoten
• ? van der Borgh (0), Nieuw-Buinen, Gemeente Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana de Langen (83), Linschoten
• Antonius Kanters (36), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland

• 1889 » Bhante Dharmawara, Cambodian monk, lawyer, and judge († 1999)
• 1893 » Omar Bradley, American general († 1981)
• 1895 » Kristian Djurhuus, Faroese lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands († 1984)
• 1897 » Charles Groves Wright Anderson, South African-Australian colonel and politician († 1988)
• 1897 » Lincoln LaPaz, American astronomer and academic († 1985)
• 1898 » Wallace Ford, English-American actor and singer († 1966)
• 1900 » Roger J. Traynor, American lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California († 1983)
• 1902 » William Collier, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter († 1987)
• 1903 » Chick Hafey, American baseball player and manager († 1973)
• 1903 » Jorge Basadre, Peruvian historian († 1980)

• 1886 » Randolph Caldecott, English-American painter and illustrator (b. 1846)
• 1894 » Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
• 1896 » Ambroise Thomas, French composer and academic (b. 1811)
• 1912 » Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian physician (b. 1841)
• 1915 » Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
• 1916 » Richard Dedekind, German mathematician, philosopher, and academic (b. 1831)
• 1929 » Lillie Langtry, English singer and actress (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Samad bey Mehmandarov, Azerbaijani-Russian general and politician, 3rd Azerbaijani Minister of Defense (b. 1855)
• 1935 » Auguste Escoffier, French chef and author (b. 1846)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)

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.
• January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
• February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
• May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
• July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
• August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
• November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.

The temperature on February 12, 1896 was about 4.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%.