About the day » Tuesday March 31, 1896Calender converter

• André Ampe, Werken († 1980)
• Adriana Johanna Van de Par, Steenbergen
• aart VLASBLOM, ridderkerk († 1954)
• Aart Schrijvers, Vuren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham van Splunter, Spaarndam
• Anna Emons, Maastricht, Nederland († 1915)
• Adriana Rosalina VEEKEN,VAN DER, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van PROOIJEN, Abbenbroek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Pascal Jozef Catry, Oudenburg,8460,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1941)
• Adriana Cornelia Weesie, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Antje Sybrens Jongma (69), Bolsward, Sudwest-Fryslan, Friesland, Netherlands
• Bondina Otter (58), Westerbork, Drenthe, Nederland
• Mooi, Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Anna Maria Hahlen (38), St. Nikolaus Hospital, Kalkar, Deutschland
• Antonius Driessen (0), Heemstede, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Johanna Brukx (66), Herpen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleberta van Geldere (83), Tiel
• Adrianus de Jong (1), Harmelen
• Adriaantje Verton Corneluszoon (56), Duivendijke
• Anna Martina van Mil (3), Bokhoven

• 1890 » Ben Adams, American jumper († 1961)
• 1890 » William Lawrence Bragg, Australian-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1891 » Victor Varconi, Hungarian-American actor and director († 1976)
• 1893 » Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager († 1954)
• 1893 » Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German physician and historian († 1982)
• 1895 » Vardis Fisher, American author and academic († 1968)
• 1900 » Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester († 1974)
• 1905 » George Treweek, Australian rugby league player († 1991)
• 1905 » Robert Stevenson, English director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1906 » Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1979)

• 1877 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1801)
• 1880 » Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1835)
• 1885 » Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (b. 1819)
• 1907 » Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1823)
• 1910 » Jean Moréas, Greek poet, essayist and art critic (b. 1856)
• 1913 » J. P. Morgan, American banker and financier (b. 1837)
• 1915 » Wyndham Halswelle, English-Scottish runner and captain (b. 1882)
• 1917 » Emil von Behring, German physiologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1924 » George Charles Haité, English painter and illustrator (b. 1855)
• 1927 » Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (b. 1858)

• 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.
• February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
• March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
• May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
• July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
• September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
• December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

The temperature on March 31, 1896 was about 2.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.