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June 2, 1896Died on Wednesday June 3, 1896
- Aloijsius Wilhelmus Hubertus van HEEL (0), Echt, Limburg, Nederland
- Albartus Nijhuis (58), Geesteren
- Anna Maria Elisabeth VROEMEN (53), Munstergeleen (NL/LI)
- Aart Kroeskamp (0), Eemnes, Utrecht, Nederland
- Annaatje Zijm (27), het klooster in Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Albertje Dedden (72), Havelte
- Adriana Ripping (7), Vrijenban
- ANNA MARIA ELISABETH VROEMEN (53), Munstergeleen
- Adriana Antonia van der PUT (1), Dordrecht
- Aloijsius Wilhelmus Hubertus van Heel (0), Maria-Hoop, Netherlands
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from June 3, 1896 at Delpher
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- De Amsterdammer : dagblad voor Nederland
- De West-Indiër : dagblad toegewijd aan de belangen van Nederlandsch Guyana
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Middelburgsche courant
- De Tijd : godsdienstig-staatkundig dagblad
- Bataviaasch nieuwsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- De locomotief : Samarangsch handels- en advertentie-blad
Born on June 3
- 1890 » Baburao Painter, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1954)
- 1897 » Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter († 1973)
- 1899 » Georg von Békésy, Hungarian-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1972)
- 1900 » Adelaide Ames, American astronomer and academic († 1932)
- 1900 » Leo Picard, German-Israeli geologist and academic († 1997)
- 1901 » Maurice Evans, English actor († 1989)
- 1901 » Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord († 2001)
- 1903 » Eddie Acuff, American actor († 1956)
- 1904 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon († 1950)
- 1904 » Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor († 1984)
Died on June 3
- 1875 » Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (b. 1838)
- 1877 » Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian botanist, composer, and publisher (b. 1800)
- 1882 » Christian Wilberg, German painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
- 1894 » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1812)
- 1899 » Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1825)
- 1900 » Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (b. 1862)
- 1902 » Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1829)
- 1906 » John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871)
- 1921 » Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
- 1924 » Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883)
Names that were popular for boys in 1896
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Petrus
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Jacob
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
- Gerardus
- Franciscus
Names that were popular for girls in 1896
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Catharina
- Wilhelmina
- Elisabeth
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Jacoba
- Petronella
- Helena
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Antonia
- Marie
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1896
- 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).
- 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.
- July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
- August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
- November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
The weather on Wednesday June 3, 1896
The temperature on June 3, 1896 was about 24.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI