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• Alida Huenink, Holland Township, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin († 1992)
• Anna Schoorl, Beverwijk († 1904)
• Adolf Achiel CASTELEIN, Rumbeke († 1953)
• Annie Kathleen Duddy, Derry, Co. Derry, NI († 1961)
• Alphons Hubert Pelzer, Vaals
• Albert van der Meulen, (FR) Westdongeradeel
• Aaltje Jitzes Couperus, hardegarijp († 1985)
• Aaltje Dijkstra, Zeegse, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland
• († 1986)
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina Bentvelzen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1899)

• Anna Maria Francina Meershoek (71), Den Haag
• Aaltjen Veldhuis (82), Oosterhuizen, Apeldoorn
• Adrianus Verhoev (0), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland-The Netherlands
• Antonius Selst (61), Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cook (89)
• Aafje van den Berg (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Amarentia (Rensje) van den Berg (76), Bloemendaal, NH, Nederland
• Antje Koopman (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Aaltje Velthuis (82), Oosterhuizen, Nederland
• Akke Zwaga (84), Gem Rauwerderhem

• 1891 » Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded the Lego Group († 1958)
• 1893 » Allen Dulles, American lawyer and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence († 1969)
• 1895 » John Flannagan, American soldier and sculptor († 1942)
• 1895 » Margarete Schön, German actress († 1985)
• 1896 » Frits Peutz, Dutch architect, designed the Glaspaleis († 1974)
• 1897 » Erich Löwenhardt, Polish-German lieutenant and pilot († 1918)
• 1897 » Walter Winchell, American journalist and radio host († 1972)
• 1899 » Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer († 1972)
• 1900 » Adolf Dymsza, Polish actor († 1975)
• 1900 » Tebbs Lloyd Johnson, English race walker († 1984)

• 1879 » Begum Hazrat Mahal, Begum of Awadh, was the second wife of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (b. 1820)
• 1885 » Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (b. 1804)
• 1889 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician and president, 1872-1876 (b. 1823)
• 1889 » Youssef Bey Karam, Lebanese soldier and politician (b. 1823)
• 1891 » P. T. Barnum, American businessman and politician, co-founded The Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1810)
• 1917 » Spyridon Samaras, Greek composer and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1918 » David Kolehmainen, Finnish wrestler (b. 1885)
• 1918 » George E. Ohr, American potter (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Karl Binding, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1922 » James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1855)

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 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
• May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
• 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.
• 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.
• November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.

The temperature on April 7, 1896 was about 9.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%.