About the day » Monday February 17, 1896Calender converter

• Albert Jan Beunk, Hellendoorn, wijk B († 1952)
• Aaltje Bouman, Groningen († 1896)
• Adolf Buchner, Frankfurt aan de Main, D
• Alberdina de Jonge, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1896)
• , Zundert, Netherlands († 1931)
• Adriana Paulina JAGER, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart Pellegrom, Kerkwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland, Nederland
• Adolphine Stein, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1931)
• Abraham Potjewijd, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• ? ? († 1953)

• Anna Cornelia Hallemans (0), Terhagen, Antwerpen, België akte
• Antje van der Vis (55), Michigan, U.S.A
• Adriana Maria SMAK GREGOOR (0), Dordrecht
• Anne Charlotte Edmée Gilbert de Solérac (77)
• Adrianus Van Der Krabben (55), Loon op Zand
• Age Sietses Fluitman (97), Doniawerstal, Nederland
• Adriana van Veggel (70), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Akke Annes VISSER (46), Lemmer
• Age Sietses Fluitman, St Niek
• Grilis (0), Boxtel (NB, NLD)

• 1887 » Joseph Bech, Luxembourgian lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg († 1975)
• 1887 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic († 1947)
• 1888 » Otto Stern, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1969)
• 1890 » Ronald Fisher, English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist († 1962)
• 1891 » Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic († 1965)
• 1893 » Wally Pipp, American baseball player and journalist († 1965)
• 1899 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian poet and author († 1954)
• 1900 » Ruth Clifford, American actress († 1998)
• 1903 » Sadegh Hedayat, Iranian-French author and translator († 1951)
• 1904 » Hans Morgenthau, German-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic († 1980)

• 1854 » John Martin, English painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1789)
• 1856 » Heinrich Heine, German journalist and poet (b. 1797)
• 1874 » Adolphe Quetelet, Belgian astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist (b. 1796)
• 1890 » Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician (b. 1819)
• 1905 » William Bickerton, English-American religious leader, leader in the Latter Day Saint movement (b. 1815)
• 1909 » Geronimo, American tribal leader (b. 1829)
• 1912 » Edgar Evans, Welsh sailor and explorer (b. 1876)
• 1919 » Wilfrid Laurier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
• 1934 » Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
• 1934 » Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (b. 1862)

• 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 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 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
• July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
• August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
• August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
• 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.

The temperature on February 17, 1896 was about -0.3 °C. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.