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Born on Friday April 24, 1896
Died on Friday April 24, 1896

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 24, 1896 at Delpher


Born on April 24

Died on April 24

Names that were popular for boys in 1896
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1896
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1896
  • 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 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
  • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
  • June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
  • 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.
  • August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
  • November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
Weather April 24, 1896

The temperature on April 24, 1896 was about 7.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%.

Source: KNMI