About the day » Monday May 11, 1896Calender converter

• Aleida Theodora Florissen, Groessen
• Andries de Geus, Maasdam
• Anna Hesseling, Paterswolde († 1940)
• van Ooteghem, Groede, Zeeland, Nederland († 1896)
• Albertus Klunder, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Abraham Hofman, Sexbierum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1956)
• Adriaan STROOTMAN, Fijnaart († 1901)
• Delger, Ekamp, Finsterwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1942)
• Albert van de Kerkhof, Asten († 1965)
• * Josephus Hendricus Hartman, Schiedam

• Aemelia Wiskjen de Swart (53), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Arjens Slim (70), Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland
• van Ooteghem (0), Groede, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Driesen (76), Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Leo Wilhelm Kramer (0), Ijsselstein (Ijsselstein) (Utrecht)
• Akke Ruitinga (65), Ljouwert, Friesland, Nederland
• Anthonie du Vijn (59), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Adolf Soer (85), Kloosterveen, Smilde
• Akke Ruitinga (65), Leeuwarden,Friesland,Nederland
• Angus Flots (24), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan

• 1890 » Helge Løvland, Norwegian decathlete († 1984)
• 1890 » Willie Applegarth, English-American sprinter († 1958)
• 1894 » Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer († 1991)
• 1895 » Jacques Brugnon, French tennis player († 1978)
• 1895 » William Grant Still, American composer and conductor († 1978)
• 1896 » Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer and academic († 1955)
• 1897 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman († 1961)
• 1901 » Gladys Rockmore Davis, American painter († 1967)
• 1901 » Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-English poet and author († 1988)
• 1902 » Edna Ernestine Kramer, American mathematician († 1984)

• 1882 » Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1816)
• 1889 » John Cadbury, English businessman and philanthropist, founded the Cadbury Company (b. 1801)
• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)

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.
• 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 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
• July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
• September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
• November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
• December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.

The temperature on May 11, 1896 was about 16.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.