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• Andries Frederik Siebrecht, 's-Gravenhage († 1946)
• Aaltje Karzijn, Doornspijk († 1933)
• Alvin Edward Jacobson, La Grande, Union, Oregon, VS († 1976)
• "Maudie" Amanda Clemmie Altom, Independence County, Arkansas
• Antonius Jansen, Gilze en Rijen
• Amanda Karen Upgaard, North Dakota († 1978)
• * Synne de Waal, Maassluis († 1963)
• Anthonius Bernardus Pilaar, Utrecht († 1896)
• Adrianus van der Houwen, 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1896)
• Anne Marten Kagenaar, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland

• Carl OBERHOFF (35), Schuttendeich (D) 35y1m3d
• Charles Nephi HANSEN (0)
• Adriana van der Sommen
• Biago Nasca (61), Spinoso, Potenza, Basilicata, Italy
• Arnold Gielen (57), Helden, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Gerritsen (0), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albert van Veen (21), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Bauke Kranendonk (2), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Bartholomeus Antonius Albertus Schuller* (52), Bandoeng (Ind.)
• Adriana Maria Francisca Rosenthaler (0), 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1891 » William Funnell, Australian public servant († 1962)
• 1893 » Ernst Marcus, German zoologist († 1968)
• 1893 » Gaby Morlay, French actress († 1964)
• 1894 » Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist († 1942)
• 1895 » Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1897 » John G. Bennett, English mathematician and technologist († 1974)
• 1899 » Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician († 1945)
• 1899 » Eugène Lapierre, Canadian organist, composer and arts administrator († 1970)
• 1900 » Lena Baker, African-American maid executed for capital murder, later pardoned posthumously († 1945)
• 1903 » Ralph Yarborough, American colonel and politician († 1996)

• 1857 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (b. 1803)
• 1874 » Cochise, American tribal chief (b. 1805)
• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)

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 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).
• 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.
• August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
• August 30 » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
• September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
• November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.

The temperature on June 8, 1896 was about 19.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%.