About the day » Wednesday February 5, 1896Calender converter

• Alick Leyland Percy Whittle, Baroota, South Australia, Australia († 1988)
• Adriana van Beek, Vianen († 1943)
• Adriaan Hubrecht Mallee, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1966)
• Alida Boeren, Zevenhoven, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Wentzel, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1984)
• Aaltje Reef, Hengelo († 1985)
• Abraham Pieter Bruin, Den Helder
• Adriana Maria Munters, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 1963)
• Alrik* Engelbert Magnusson, Stalon, Vilhelmina, Västerbottens län (AC) († 1918)
• Adolf Schöler, Wilnsdorf-Flammersbach, Duitsland († 1918)

• Anna Josepha Antonetta Boshouwers (74), Hoensbroek, Gemeente Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Alberdiena Holstein (0), Haren, Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Andries Pen (43), Vollenhove-Ambt, Overijssel, Nederland
• Archibald Miller Young Jr (73), Richfield, Sevier, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Wallace (25), Nacogdoches, Texas., Verenigde Staten
• Andries Koops Pen (43), Ambt Vollenhove
• Antonia te Lintelo (68), Deventer
• Albert Scheer (0), De Leeuwte (Vollenhove Ambt), Ov, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Verhoev (0)
• Adriana Everharda van Gorkum (77), Utrecht

• 1889 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer († 1962)
• 1889 » Patsy Hendren, English cricketer and footballer († 1962)
• 1889 » Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician († 1950)
• 1891 » Renato Petronio, Italian rower († 1976)
• 1892 » Elizabeth Ryan, American tennis player († 1979)
• 1897 » Dirk Stikker, Dutch businessman and politician, 3rd Secretary General of NATO († 1979)
• 1900 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier, politician, and diplomat, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 1965)
• 1903 » Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1903 » Koto Matsudaira, Japanese diplomat, ambassador to the United Nations († 1994)
• 1906 » John Carradine, American actor († 1988)

• 1881 » Thomas Carlyle, Scottish philosopher, historian, and academic (b. 1795)
• 1882 » Adolfo Rivadeneyra, Spanish orientalist and diplomat (b. 1841)
• 1892 » Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish author (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ross Barnes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1850)
• 1917 » Jaber II Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Christiaan de Wet, South African general and politician, State President of the Orange Free State (b. 1854)
• 1922 » Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Croatian engineer, invented the mechanical pencil (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Inayat Khan, Indian mystic and educator (b. 1882)
• 1931 » Athanasios Eftaxias, Greek politician, 118th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1849)
• 1933 » Josiah Thomas, English-Australian miner and politician (b. 1863)

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 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
• December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.

The temperature on February 5, 1896 was about 1.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.