About the day » Saturday August 1, 1896Calender converter

• Anna Geertruida de Vries, Weststellingwerf, Noordwolde
• Aaltje Wiegman, Gasselternijveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1979)
• Adalbert Reith, Dörmbach, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland († 1918)
• Anna Van Lancker, Zwijnaarde († 1915)
• Anna de Jong, Harlingen, Nederland († 1905)
• Adrianus Matheus Stoffels, Halsteren, N-Br, NL († 1950)
• Aaltje Betten, Appelscha (Ooststellingwerf) († 1944)
• Adrianus Mattheus Stoffels, Halsteren,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Ammie James Dupie († 1949)
• Anna Maria Middendorp, Bierum

• Anthonius Pirovano (1), Beverwijk
• Adrianus Cornelius van Groezen (0), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert van der Eijk (0), Vlissingen
• Antonino Licausi (0), Partanna, Province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy
• Anje Oepts (62), Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert van der Eijk (0), Vlissingen
• Anna Poulona van Meurs (69), Leiderdorp
• Anna Poulina van Meurs (69), Leiderdorp
• Apolonia Maria Ammerlaan (1), Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Pirovano (1), Beverwijk

• 1889 » Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic († 1979)
• 1891 » Karl Kobelt, Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation († 1968)
• 1893 » Alexander of Greece († 1920)
• 1894 » Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist († 1927)
• 1898 » Morris Stoloff, American composer and musical director († 1980)
• 1899 » Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman († 1980)
• 1900 » Otto Nothling, Australian cricketer and rugby player († 1965)
• 1901 » Francisco Guilledo, Filipino boxer († 1925)
• 1903 » Paul Horgan, American historian, author, and academic († 1995)
• 1905 » Helen Sawyer Hogg, American-Canadian astronomer and academic († 1993)

• 1866 » John Ross, American tribal chief (b. 1790)
• 1869 » Peter Julian Eymard, French Priest and Founder Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (b. 1811)
• 1869 » Richard Dry, Australian politician, 7th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)

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.
• March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
• April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
• 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.
• June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
• 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.

The temperature on August 1, 1896 was about 19.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%.