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• Agnes A Evans († 1974)
• Alida Jansen, Zutphen
• Albert van Dorssen, Nieuwer Amstel
• Alfred Kamoen, Westdorpe, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Zeestraten, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
• "Egon" Adolf Anton Heinrich Theodor von Ritter zu Groenesteyn, Wiesbaden, Allemagne († 1968)
• Anna Margaretha Beysens, Hoogeloon († 1985)
• Aaltje van Zeben, Zwolle
• Dina Maria Anna Bol, Zandvoort († 1906)
• Adriaantje Bakhuisen, Sloten

• Anna Catharina Smeets (22), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Angela Francisca CASTELEIN (70), Wervik
• Angela Apolonia Phillips (1), Farming, Stearns, Minnesota
• Alida Maria Johanna van Luijk (0), Den Haag, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Hoppe (71), Steinbild, Kluse
• Antje van Helvoort (50), Vlijmen
• Anna Catharina van de Pas (64), Tilburg
• Adrianus Koomen (89), Venhuizen
• Aaltje Jentjes Kooy (55), Stavoren
• Adrianus (Arie) Koomen (89), Venhuizen

• 1886 » José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines († 1942)
• 1888 » José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet († 1928)
• 1893 » Cedric Hardwicke, English actor and director († 1964)
• 1895 » Louis Calhern, American actor († 1956)
• 1896 » André Breton, French poet and author († 1966)
• 1897 » Alma Rubens, American actress († 1931)
• 1899 » Lucio Fontana, Argentinian-Italian painter and sculptor († 1968)
• 1902 » Kay Boyle, American novelist, short story writer, and educator († 1992)
• 1904 » Elisabeth Welch, American-English singer and actress († 2003)
• 1904 » Havank, Dutch journalist and author († 1964)

• 1887 » Multatuli, Dutch-German author and civil servant (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (b. 1815)
• 1915 » Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Indian philosopher and politician (b. 1866)
• 1916 » Ernst Mach, Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1928 » George Howard Earle Jr., American lawyer and businessman (b. 1856)
• 1936 » Billy Mitchell, American general and pilot (b. 1879)
• 1945 » John Basilone, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1916)
• 1951 » André Gide, French novelist, essayist, and dramatist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Knut Hamsun, Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (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.
• 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.
• June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
• 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.
• September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
• 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 19, 1896 was about -0.2 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.