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• Adriana Schriel, Vlaardingen
• Alida Philippa Johanna Stork, Hengelo (Overijssel) († 1937)
• Abraham Delfos, Beverwijk
• Adriana Eijkemans, schijndel († 1980)
• Aaltje Frans' Franssens, Ezinge († 1945)
• Aartje Hendrika van den Brink, Putten, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Alida Philippa Johanna Stork, Hengelo († 1937)
• Achille Jozef Verhelle, Ardooie, België († 1970)
• Aartje Hendrika van den Brink, Putten
• Albert WITVOET, Meppel (Drenthe, The Netherlands) († 1943)

• Aaltje Kiers (0), Oosterhesselen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Kleinpenning (0), Braamt, Nederland
• Arie van den Heuvel (40), Oud Beijerland
• Adolf Frederik Wibier (57), Avereest
• Anna Maria Helena PAGEN (60), Ubach Over Worms. Limburg, Nederland
• Ange GILLON, Abscon... Hauts de France
• Aaltje Hilbrands (11), Odoorn,Drenthe,Niederlande,Exloo
• Anne Marie Wilhelmine Charlotte Nettingsmeyer (45), Hengelo, Nederland
• Weening (0), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albartus Hopster (74), Almelo

• 1886 » Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
• 1892 » Juana de Ibarbourou, Uruguayan poet and author († 1979)
• 1896 » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian journalist and politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa († 1975)
• 1899 » Elmer Keith, American gun designer and author († 1984)
• 1900 » Howard H. Aiken, American physicist and computer scientist, created the Harvard Mark I († 1973)
• 1902 » Jennings Randolph, American journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1902 » Louise Beavers, American actress and singer († 1962)
• 1907 » Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Greece († 1998)
• 1909 » Beatrice Shilling, English motorcycle racer and engineer († 1990)
• 1909 » Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach († 1966)

• 1869 » Hector Berlioz, French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1803)
• 1872 » Cornelius Krieghoff, Dutch-Canadian painter (b. 1815)
• 1874 » Millard Fillmore, American lawyer and politician, 13th President of the United States (b. 1800)
• 1887 » Henry Ward Beecher, American minister and activist (b. 1813)
• 1887 » James Buchanan Eads, American engineer, designed the Eads Bridge (b. 1820)
• 1889 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, designed the USS Monitor (b. 1803)
• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)

• 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 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
• March 1 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
• May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
• 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.
• September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
• November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.

The temperature on March 8, 1896 was about 5.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%.