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• Amadeus Rottiers, Hingene († 1972)
• Anna Maria Catharina Aendekerk, Meeswijk, Provincie Limburg, België († 1970)
• Alice Rosabelle Greene [Bu] "Rosabelle", North Carolina († 1980)
• Aliza Zijlmans, Hengelo
• Aaltina Ebbingina Van Hemmen, Glimmen, Haren, Groningen, Netherlands
• Abraham de Jong, Wormerveer († 1991)
• Ada V. Farrington, Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York, Verenigde Staten († 1969)
• Adriana Willemsen, Zundert (NL) († 1918)
• Adriana Blankestijn, Almelo Ambt, Overijssel, Nederland († 1991)
• Abigial Hunt, Ontario († 1993)

• Albert Holthuis (60), Avereest
• Afien Eppes Alberts (81), Nieuwolda
• Albert Holthuis (60), Dedemsvaart
• Angela Cornelia Willet (74), Wiesbaden
• Anna Maria van de Ven (73), Eindhoven
• Andrieske Tjetjes' Haanstra (75), Workum
• aldegonda berben (1), meijel
• Aart Schreurs (70), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Sofia Alberts (82), Aruba
• Anna Maria BERGMANS (42), Vaals, Nederland, Limburg, Nederland

• 1889 » Alfonso Reyes, Mexican author († 1959)
• 1889 » Dorothy Gibson, American actress and singer († 1946)
• 1891 » Napoleon Zervas, Greek general and politician († 1957)
• 1893 » Frederick McKinley Jones, American inventor and entrepreneur († 1961)
• 1895 » Reinhold Saulmann, Estonian sprinter and bandy player († 1936)
• 1895 » Saul Adler, Belarusian-English captain and parasitologist († 1966)
• 1897 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1981)
• 1898 » A. J. Casson, Canadian painter († 1992)
• 1899 » Carmen de Icaza, Spanish writer († 1979)
• 1901 » Werner Egk, German pianist and composer († 1983)

• 1875 » John C. Breckinridge, American lawyer and politician, 14th Vice President of the United States, Confederate States general (b. 1821)
• 1879 » Asa Packer, American businessman, founded Lehigh University (b. 1805)
• 1880 » Ziya Pasha, Greek author and translator (b. 1826)
• 1886 » John Deere, American blacksmith and businessman, founded the Deere & Company (b. 1804)
• 1888 » Giacomo Zanella, Italian priest and poet (b. 1820)
• 1911 » Frederick August Otto Schwarz, German-American businessman, founded FAO Schwarz (b. 1836)
• 1916 » Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Russian physicist and seismologist (b. 1862)
• 1917 » Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829)
• 1917 » Clara Ayres, American nurse (b. 1880)
• 1919 » Guido von List, Austrian-German journalist, author, and poet (b. 1848)

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.
• March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
• 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.
• December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
• December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.

The temperature on May 17, 1896 was about 11.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.