About the day » Thursday February 27, 1896Calender converter

• Aart Van der Kruit, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke TALSMA, Westdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Paulina Lücker, Tegelen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1971)
• Mink, Nieuw-Amsterdam (Emmen) († 1896)
• Alida Maria Lagrand (van Dijk), Rotterdam († 1973)
• Aaltje Wieringa, Kantens (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Agatha Smit, Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Maria Lagrand, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Aalbert van de Scheur, Rhenen († 1937)
• Albert J Brothers, Hillsville W, Pennsylvania

• Albrecht Salvator VON ÖSTERREICH (24)
• Aalbertus van Koetsveld (0), Zeist, Nederland
• Albrecht Salvator (24)
• Aertje Arisse (85)
• Adriana Everdina BAARS (1), Vreeswijk
• Anje Vegter (17), Exloërmond, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albrecht Salvator Maria Joseph Ferdinand Karel Anton Johan Xavier van Habsburg-Lotharingen Prins van Toscane (24), Bolzano (Bosen), Trentino-Zuidtirol
• Angelique Marie Madeleine Davillier-Regnault De Saint-Jean-d'Angély (41), Paris (Île-de-France)
• Adriana Petronella Groenendijk (87), Rotterdam
• Adriana Everdina BAARS (1), Vreeswijk

• 1890 » Mabel Keaton Staupers, American nurse and advocate († 1989)
• 1891 » David Sarnoff, American businessman, founded RCA († 1971)
• 1892 » William Demarest, American actor († 1983)
• 1895 » Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler († 1943)
• 1897 » Marian Anderson, American singer († 1993)
• 1899 » Charles Herbert Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered Insulin († 1978)
• 1901 » Marino Marini, Italian sculptor and academic († 1980)
• 1901 » Kotama Okada, Japanese religious leader († 1974)
• 1902 » Gene Sarazen, American golfer and sportscaster († 1999)
• 1902 » Lúcio Costa, French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed Gustavo Capanema Palace († 1998)

• 1887 » Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (b. 1833)
• 1892 » Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (b. 1821)
• 1902 » Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (b. 1864)
• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (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.
• January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
• 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.
• September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
• November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
• December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.

The temperature on February 27, 1896 was about -1.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%.