About the day » Monday March 23, 1896Calender converter

• Aaltje Anna Rooseboom, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Andriesma, Dronrijp
• Aaltje Ottens, Sappemeer, Hoogezand, Groningen, NL
• Anna Groenewoud, OUD BEIJERLAND (Hoeksche Waard), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1962)
• Adriaan de Rijder, Arnemuiden, Zeeland, Nederland († 1913)
• Alida Mell, Rotterdam, Netherlands († 1896)
• Abraham Berlijn, amsterdam, Nederland
• Jan van Terwisga, Schoterland
• Afie Rood, Westwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1972)
• Aafje Rood, Westwoud († 1972)

• Anje van der Molen (22), Oude Pekela, Nederland
• Arendje van Beveren (71), Sassenheim, Teylingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Group (0), Sint-Niklaas, België
• Arend Kompagne (63), Bergentheim
• Ann Elizabeth Metz (110)
• Aagje Delver (58), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius de Groot (65), Schiedam, NL
• Antje BUUS (22), Rural Lennox,South Dakota
• Aalbert (Albert) Garstkamp (Gerstkamp) (68), Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• * Catharina van Zon (73), Vlijmen

• 1891 » Po Kya, Burmese author and educationist († 1942)
• 1893 » Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director and production designer († 1960)
• 1893 » Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu, Indian engineer and businessman († 1974)
• 1894 » Arthur Grimsdell, English international footballer wing half and cricketer († 1963)
• 1895 » Dane Rudhyar, French-American astrologer, author and composer († 1985)
• 1895 » Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian and educator († 2001)
• 1898 » Louis Adamic, Slovenian-American author, translator and politician († 1951)
• 1898 » Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma († 1984)
• 1899 » Dora Gerson, German actress and singer († 1943)
• 1900 » Erich Fromm, German psychologist and sociologist († 1980)

• 1862 » Manuel Robles Pezuela, Unconstitutional Mexican interim president, 1858–1859 (b. 1817)
• 1883 » Arthur Macalister, Scottish-Australian politician, 2nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1818)
• 1884 » Henry C. Lord, American businessman (b. 1824)
• 1910 » Nadar, French photographer, journalist, and author (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Rafqa Pietra Choboq Ar-Rayès, Lebanese saint (b. 1832)
• 1923 » Hovhannes Tumanyan, Armenian poet and author (b. 1869)
• 1927 » Paul César Helleu, French painter and etcher (b. 1859)
• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)

• 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.
• 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.
• November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
• 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.
• 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 March 23, 1896 was about 12.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%.