About the day » Sunday August 2, 1896Calender converter

• Albertus Dirk Es van, Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland († 1954)
• Age Postma, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Helena Snelleman, Rotterdam († 1954)
• Anna Lenards, Benrath (Dtsl)
• Anna Henrica Ganzevles, Voorst,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 1967)
• Andriesje Pals, Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands(Emmercompascuum)
• Alexander Davis Dr. († 1976)
• Aaldert Sattler, Hijken († 1960)
• Adriana Oorschot, Meerkerk, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• * Sijgje Verkaik, Lekkerkerk († 1982)

• Arij Oskamp (64), Nijmegen
• Adriana Maria Keukelaar (0), Biervliet, Nederland
• Anna Wilhelmina Dimmers (0)
• Cecilia Paterson (74), Edinburgh, Scotland
• Antoon Geertruidus Berendinus ten Kate (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Camillus Bruno Demets (14), Harelbeke
• Arie Mookhoek (6), Schiedam
• Cornelis Pigmans (59), Helvoirt, Nederland
• Alberdina Johanna van Lenning (0), Breda
• Barbara Brownlee (57), Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada

• 1891 » Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor († 1975)
• 1892 » Jack L. Warner, Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. († 1978)
• 1894 » Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (d.1976)
• 1895 » Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer († 1970)
• 1897 » Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer († 1945)
• 1897 » Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician († 1974)
• 1898 » Ernő Nagy, Hungarian fencer († 1977)
• 1899 » Charles Bennett, English director and screenwriter († 1995)
• 1900 » Helen Morgan, American actress and singer († 1941)
• 1900 » Holling C. Holling, American author and illustrator († 1973)

• 1876 » "Wild Bill" Hickok, American sheriff (b. 1837)
• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)

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.
• February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
• April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
• May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
• 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.
• September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
• December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

The temperature on August 2, 1896 was about 17.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.