About the day » Friday February 7, 1896Calender converter

• Aloisius Josef Klafke, Rincao Del Rey, RS († 1973)
• Adriana Elisabeth van Oort, Apeldoorn († 1955)
• Broekman, Wildervank († 1896)
• Adrianus Cornelis Esch van der, Sprang († 1944)
• Josephus Adrianus Zijlmans, Raamdonksveer († 1901)
• Anna Carolina Meuwis, Lubbeek Vlaams Brabant
• Anne Hilverda
• Aagtje VAN DER LAAN, Doezum (Grootegast) Groningen Netherlands
• Adrian Bernard Bosman, Holland city,Ottawa,Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Bremer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Amanda Jane Ingle (67), Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje KOERTS (62), Orvelte (Westerbork), Drenthe, Nederland
• Abel Bartelds Bakker (62), Weststellingwerf, Vinkega
• Antonius Johannes de Vries (46), Steenwijkerwold
• Annigje Gort (45), Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Angela Vorthermes (42), Bersede
• Anna Constancia Kikkert (63), Curaçao, Nederlandse Antillen
• Adriana Cornelia Kanters (8), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Broekman (0), Wildervank
• Adrianus van der Krabben (55), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1887 » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1889 » Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer and theorist († 1976)
• 1893 » Joseph Algernon Pearce, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer († 1988)
• 1893 » Nicanor Abelardo, Filipino pianist, composer and teacher († 1934)
• 1895 » Anita Stewart, American actress († 1961)
• 1901 » Arnold Nordmeyer, New Zealand minister and politician, 30th New Zealand Minister of Finance († 1989)
• 1904 » Ernest E. Debs, American politician, California State Assembly member, Los Angeles city councilman, and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors († 2002)
• 1905 » Paul Nizan, French philosopher and author († 1940)
• 1905 » Ulf von Euler, Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1983)
• 1906 » Puyi, Chinese emperor († 1967)

• 1864 » Vuk Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (b. 1787)
• 1871 » Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (b. 1797)
• 1873 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (b. 1814)
• 1878 » Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
• 1891 » Marie Louise Andrews, American story writer and journalist (b. 1849)
• 1897 » Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)
• 1919 » William Halford, English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1920 » Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)
• 1921 » John J. Gardner, American politician (b. 1845)

• 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.
• 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.
• May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
• June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
• 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.
• November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.

The temperature on February 7, 1896 was about 3.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.