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• Aaltje van Harten, Hellevoetsluis († 1959)
• Anna Dijkstra, Holland-Michigan (USA) († 1936)
• Adriana Francisca Leijten, Princenhage (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1981)
• Albertus François Stroink, Leeuwarderadeel († 1979)
• Albertus Hof, Steenwijkerwold († 1897)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Kessels, Nederweert
• Anna Beaudoin, Québec, Québec, Canada († 1984)
• Andrea Maria Eilers, Steenwijkerwold († 1989)
• Anna Catharina Mekking, Wassenaar
• Albertus Francois Stroink, Leeuwarderadeel

• *jannes talens (53), Hooghalen, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antonia Hartman (66), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alzira Nogueira Valente (2), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Rosina Hilzinger (58), Tuttlingen, Württemberg, Germany
• Anna Jacobs Gilles (59)
• Alida Bos (0), Schipluiden
• Agnes van Teleki Van Szek (81)
• Andries Bosch (49), IJsselmuiden
• Adrianus Theodorus Goemans (0), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Wilhelmus van Bijsterveld (56), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1890 » Robert Ley, German politician († 1945)
• 1892 » James Forrestal, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Defense († 1949)
• 1892 » Roy Rene, Australian comedian († 1954)
• 1893 » Roman Najuch, Polish professional tennis player († 1967)
• 1896 » Arthur Shields, Irish republican and actor († 1970)
• 1897 » Gerrit Kleerekoper, Jewish-Dutch gymnast and coach († 1943)
• 1898 » Totò, Italian actor, singer, and screenwriter († 1967)
• 1899 » Gale Sondergaard, Danish-American actress († 1985)
• 1899 » Georges Auric, French composer († 1983)
• 1904 » Mary Adshead, English painter († 1995)

• 1857 » Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
• 1869 » Ghalib, Indian poet and educator (b. 1796)
• 1885 » Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian geologist and engineer (b. 1803)
• 1897 » Dimitrie Ghica, Romanian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Lew Wallace, American author, general, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (b. 1859)
• 1924 » Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
• 1928 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1933 » Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)

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 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
• June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
• July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
• August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
• November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
• 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 February 15, 1896 was about 5.3 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.