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Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 28, 1896 at Delpher


Born on April 28

Died on April 28

Names that were popular for boys in 1896
  1. Johannes
  2. Jan
  3. Cornelis
  4. Hendrik
  5. Willem
  6. Pieter
  7. Jacobus
  8. Petrus
  9. Gerrit
  10. Adrianus
  11. Jacob
  12. Antonius
  13. Wilhelmus
  14. Hendrikus
  15. Gerardus
  16. Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1896
  1. Maria
  2. Johanna
  3. Cornelia
  4. Anna
  5. Catharina
  6. Wilhelmina
  7. Elisabeth
  8. Hendrika
  9. Adriana
  10. Jacoba
  11. Petronella
  12. Helena
  13. Geertruida
  14. Margaretha
  15. Antonia
  16. Marie

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).
  • May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
  • June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
  • June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
  • 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 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
The weather on Tuesday April 28, 1896
The temperature on April 28, 1896 was about 11.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%.

Source: KNMI