About the day » Saturday May 30, 1896Calender converter

• Abraham Langereis, Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Aagje Watertor, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1898)
• Alida WIEBUS, Bandoeng (Ned.Indië) († 1896)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Cornelus Maria Notten, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van Schaik, Mijdrecht
• Angèle Dezeure, Veurne († 1944)
• - Lemmens, Schimmert, Limburg, Nederland († 1896)
• Anna Maria Apeldoorn, Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Arnolda van Esch, Helvoirt († 1975)
• Andries Meyer, Tzum, Franekeradeel,, Fryslân | Friesland, Nederland

• Berend Fredrik (1) Bello (0), Hall (Brummen)
• Arie Meijer (71), Nieuwer Amstel,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Fredrika Roeterdink (71), Diepenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• - Lemmens (0), Schimmert, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius Jacobus de Jeu (0), Rotterdam
• Antonia Frederika Roeterdink (71), Lettele (Diepenveen)
• Adriaan Claassen (69), Hooge en Lage Mierde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clasina Cornelia van Oordt (32), Ternate N-I
• Antje Raven (7), Bussum
• Albert Scheuter (0), Eefde

• 1890 » Roger Salengro, French soldier and politician, French Minister of the Interior († 1936)
• 1892 » Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter († 1972)
• 1894 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1965)
• 1895 » Maurice Tate, English cricketer († 1956)
• 1896 » Howard Hawks, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1897 » Frank Wise, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Western Australia († 1986)
• 1898 » John Gilroy, English artist and illustrator († 1985)
• 1899 » Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer († 1936)
• 1901 » Alfred Karindi, Estonian pianist and composer († 1969)
• 1901 » Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author († 1979)

• 1855 » Mary Reibey, Australian businesswoman, (b. 1777)
• 1865 » John Catron, American lawyer and judge (b. 1786)
• 1892 » Mary Hannah Gray Clarke, American author, correspondent, and poet (b. 1835)
• 1901 » Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1841)
• 1911 » Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Wilbur Wright, American pilot and businessman, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1867)
• 1918 » Georgi Plekhanov, Russian philosopher and theorist (b. 1856)
• 1925 » Arthur Moeller van den Bruck, German historian and author (b. 1876)
• 1926 » Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (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.
• January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
• January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
• February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
• April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
• June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
• August 17 » Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on May 30, 1896 was about 13.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%.