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• Aleidus Jacobus Plaatsman, Doeveren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Adriana Cornelia Eekman, Overschie
• "Yvonne" Marie Anne de Cassin de Kainlis, Paris († 1990)
• Anthonius Cornelis van Ham, 's-Gravenzande
• Antonij Besaris, Soeren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Sicking, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 1975)
• Adriana Cornelia Fens, Raamsdonkveer,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1896)
• Adrianus Olieman, Pijnacker
• Aaltien Oosting, Rolde († 1953)
• Albina Merchura, The Sweat, Sibley Co. Minnesota, VS († 1987)

• Adeline LOMBART (35), Péruwelz,7600,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Antje Pieters Kloppenburg (70), Oostermeer
• Anna Hendriksen (2), Wageningen
• Annechien Bolhuis (50), Haren, Groningen, Nederland
• Achille Rasponi (61), Ravenna, Italie
• Antje Kloppenburg (70), Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Dessing (0), gouda, Nederland
• Arent Wijers (69), Steenderen
• Antje Starrenburg (68), Brielle Nederland
• Albertus Hietbrink (35), Doesburg

• 1887 » A. W. Sandberg, Danish film director and screenwriter († 1938)
• 1891 » Johannes R. Becher, German politician, novelist, and poet († 1958)
• 1894 » Friedrich Pollock, German sociologist and philosopher († 1970)
• 1897 » Robert Neumann, German and English-speaking author († 1975)
• 1900 » Juan Arvizu, Mexican lyric opera tenor and bolero vocalist (d.1985)
• 1901 » Maurice J. Tobin, American politician, 6th United States Secretary of Labor († 1953)
• 1902 » Al Simmons, American baseball player and coach († 1956)
• 1902 » Jack Lambert, English footballer and manager († 1940)
• 1904 » Uno Lamm, Swedish electrical engineer and inventor († 1989)
• 1905 » Bodo von Borries, German physicist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope († 1956)

• 1859 » Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (b. 1810)
• 1861 » Thornsbury Bailey Brown, American soldier (b. 1829)
• 1868 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1801)
• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)

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 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
• 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.
• July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
• August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.
• December 30 » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.

The temperature on May 22, 1896 was about 9.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%.