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• Albertus Bernardus Carolus Dellemijn, Arnhem, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1929)
• Alouisius Johannes Hendrikus Kampschreur, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1897)
• Alvina Pearl Knott, Prinsburg, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• Adriaan Pouwer, Vrouwenpolder († 1896)
• Arend van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Arend van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Adrianus Cornelis Johannes van de Ven, Etten-Leur
• * Johanna Gerritsen, Rotterdam († 1981)
• Aaltje Hadderingh, Gieterveen (Gieten, Dr) († 1917)
• Antonius Burgt van der, Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1991)

• "Jean Francois" Johannes Franciscus Johannes franciscus (69), Millingen, NL
• Annetje (Antje) Boekel (73), Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Americus Vespuccius GREER (64), Provo Utah County Utah U.S.A
• Annetje Boekel (73), Opperdoes
• Adrianus van de Wildenberg (84), Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren
• Antonius Franciscus Barbier (72), MANEKENSVERE
• Aart Verbruggen (87), Rossum, 5328, Nederland
• Berendina Johanna Pasman (50), Zutphen
• Abraham Walkier (0), Amsterdam
• Anna Grigorievna Rasputina (4)

• 1892 » George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1975)
• 1892 » Jacob Viner, Canadian-American economist and academic († 1970)
• 1893 » Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author († 1975)
• 1895 » Cornelius Van Til, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and apologist († 1987)
• 1896 » Dodie Smith, English author and playwright († 1990)
• 1896 » Karl Allmenröder, German soldier and pilot († 1917)
• 1896 » V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Indian Minister of Defence († 1974)
• 1897 » William Joseph Browne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Solicitor General of Canada († 1989)
• 1898 » Golda Meir, Ukrainian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Israel († 1978)
• 1898 » Septima Poinsette Clark, American educator and activist († 1987)

• 1882 » Leonidas Smolents, Austrian–Greek general and army minister (b. 1806)
• 1910 » Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist (b. 1871)
• 1916 » Patrick Pearse, Irish teacher and rebel leader (b. 1879)
• 1916 » Thomas MacDonagh, Irish poet and rebel (b. 1878)
• 1916 » Tom Clarke, Irish rebel (b. 1858)
• 1918 » Charlie Soong, Chinese businessman and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Elizabeth Almira Allen, American educator (b. 1854)
• 1921 » Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)

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 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.
• May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
• 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.
• August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
• December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

The temperature on May 3, 1896 was about 12.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%.