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• Abraham Fransman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Agatha VAN DER WERFF, Baarderadeel(Friesland)
• Adrianus de Ruiter, Dirksland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Martina Nuijens, Zonnemaire,Schouwen-Duiveland,Zeeland,Nederland († 1963)
• Adriana Johanna van Ommen, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abe Feenstra, Grou, Idaarderadiel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaldert Volkerts, Klatering (Beilen)
• Abraham Karel Mallan, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Johannes VAN DER WERF, Oosterwierum (Baarderadeel) Friesland Netherlands
• Adrianus de RUITER, Dirksland, NL-ZH

• Adriana van Drunen (80), De Werken en Sleeuwijk
• Arend Metselaar (83), Krakeel (Hoogeveen)
• Aaltje Jansen (77), Harderwijk
• Aaltjen Jansen (77), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alida Alberts Hoogland (0), Medemblik
• Adriana DRUNEN, van (80), de Werken en Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna van Santen de Hoog (56), Nieuwer Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Kerkhofs (0), Reusel
• Anna Maria Brüning (84), Plantlünne, Lingen, Osnabrück, Hannover, Preußen, Deutsches Reich
• Anna Maria BOSZ (75), Vledder,, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1893 » Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist and author († 1993)
• 1895 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer († 1924)
• 1897 » Ivan Albright, American painter († 1983)
• 1898 » Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher († 1992)
• 1899 » Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist († 1992)
• 1901 » Louis Kahn, American architect, designed the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum and the Bangladesh Parliament Building († 1974)
• 1901 » Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt († 1984)
• 1901 » Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras Presidency († 1978)
• 1901 » René Dubos, French-American biologist and author († 1982)
• 1902 » Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist († 1984)

• 1862 » William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1850)
• 1871 » Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter (b. 1810)
• 1893 » P. G. T. Beauregard, American general (b. 1818)
• 1895 » Frederick Douglass, American author and activist (b. c. 1818)
• 1900 » Washakie, American tribal leader (b. 1798)
• 1907 » Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1910 » Boutros Ghali, Egyptian educator and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1846)
• 1916 » Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)

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.
• April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
• May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
• 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.
• December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
• 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 20, 1896 was about 3.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.