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• Adriana Maria Cornelia Voeten, Roosendaal en Nispen († 1960)
• Aaltje Jager, Uithuizermeeden († 1970)
• ... Bomas, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Anthonij Beijk, Lisse († 1983)
• Adriana Buddings, Veenendaal, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Cornelia Voeten geb Bennebroek, Wouw († 1960)
• Jantje Seinen, Hoogeveen
• Abraham Pieter van Schoonderwoerd den Bezemer, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Seger Henricus Mathijssen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1897)
• Adriana Budding, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands

• Anna Maria Soddemann genaamd Keute (17), Senden
• Anna Henrica Scheepers (1), Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anje VELDMAN (48)
• Anje Everts Veldman (48), Uithuizermeeden, Nederland
• Anje Everts Veldman (48), Uithuizermeeden, Nederland
• Abraham Corper (44)
• Amélie Julie Pauwels (75), Ieper, 8900, West Vlaanderen
• Adriana van den Hoek (45), Rotterdam
• Andries Taekes Sjoerdsma (0), Ternaard
• Anje Veldman (48), Uithuizermeeden, Groningen, Nederland

• 1887 » Harold Lockwood, American actor and director († 1918)
• 1888 » Cecil Kimber, English automobile engineer († 1945)
• 1888 » Dan Ahearn, Irish-American long jumper and police officer († 1942)
• 1892 » Henry Darger, American writer and artist († 1973)
• 1894 » Dorothy Cumming, Australian-American actress († 1983)
• 1894 » Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 13th President of Portugal († 1964)
• 1898 » Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress († 1976)
• 1901 » Lowell Stockman, American farmer and politician († 1962)
• 1902 » Louis Beel, Dutch academic and politician, 36th Prime Minister of the Netherlands († 1977)
• 1903 » Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)

• 1866 » Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 » Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer and theorist (b. 1795)
• 1878 » William M. Tweed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1879 » Richard Taylor, American general (b. 1826)
• 1885 » William Crowther, Dutch-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)

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.
• 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 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
• 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 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
• 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 April 12, 1896 was about 9.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.