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• Albertus Arris Versteeg, Woudenberg († 1980)
• Abraham Hendricus Ouderland, Amsterdam
• Adrianna Fisher, Grand Rapids Kent (MI), Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Adolf Simon Katan, Delft
• Adriaan Steenaard, Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 1897)
• Alfons De Backer, Zwijnaarde († 1966)
• Alphonsus Hubertus Ludovicus Klemans, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Helmut Zeidler, Albion Township († 1959)
• Andries de Vries, Utrecht, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertje Nijwening, Elp, Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Netherlands

• Aaldrik Roelf GIEZEN (33), Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands
• Anthony Wayne Wilson (66), near Ryan, Jefferson County, OK
• Agatha Elisabeth Blom (0), Stad Almelo, wijk M nr. 114
• Antonie Francis (59), Wijk H nr 333, Heino
• Antonia Netten (45), Leuven (B)
• Alleberta Anna van der Gust (28), Rijnsburg, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alleberta Anna Gust (28), Rijnsburg
• Alida Blok (19), Woerden, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Adriana van der Valk (91), Sommelsdijk
• Albert Strijker (62), Kerkenbosch, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1890 » Stanton Macdonald-Wright, American painter († 1973)
• 1892 » Pavel Korin, Russian painter († 1967)
• 1892 » Richard Aldington, English author and poet († 1962)
• 1893 » R. Carlyle Buley, American historian and author († 1968)
• 1894 » Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1895 » Igor Tamm, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1971)
• 1898 » Melville Ruick, American actor († 1972)
• 1900 » George Antheil, American pianist, composer, and author († 1959)
• 1904 » Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic († 2008)
• 1905 » Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director († 1997)

• 1859 » Oscar I of Sweden (b. 1799)
• 1873 » Franz Xaver Winterhalter, German painter and lithographer (b. 1805)
• 1887 » Ben Holladay, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Johann Josef Loschmidt, Austrian chemist and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1905 » Walter Kittredge, American violinist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)

• 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.
• May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
• July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
• September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
• November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
• 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 July 8, 1896 was about 22.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.