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• Abraham van Staalduijnen, 's-Gravenzande
• Albertus Petrus Louwe, Zijpe, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1897)
• Agnes Maria Meijer, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1991)
• Abraham Mozes, Zutphen († 1944)
• Verwater, den Haag († 1896)
• Albertus Elsink, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1941)
• Adrianus Tourné, Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland († 1960)
• Agustina Villarroel, Cliza, Cochabamba, Bolivia
• Kuilman, Wedde, gr., nl., Ned († 1897)
• Adrianus Augustinus Leijtens, Baardwijk († 1896)

• Carolus Benedictus Ots (69), Oppuurs
• Aalzen de Jong (55), Oudega
• Anna Busscher (16), Geesteren
• Arendina Koenderink (34), Enter (Wierden)
• Aalzen Baukes de Jong (55), Garijp, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cornelia van Melzen (17), Scheveningen
• Casparus Jan Amiabel (0), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• * Lambertus Wilhelm van den Broek (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Anna Maria Cornelia van Melzen (17), Scheveningen
• Adriana Verhoef (39), Orange City, Sioux, Iowa, United States

• 1888 » Evadne Price, Australian actress, astrologer, and author († 1985)
• 1891 » Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer († 1984)
• 1894 » Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director († 1981)
• 1896 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian author, poet, and critic († 1982)
• 1898 » Charlie Grimm, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster († 1983)
• 1899 » Andrei Platonov, Russian author and poet († 1951)
• 1899 » Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer († 1978)
• 1899 » James Wong Howe, Chinese American cinematographer († 1976)
• 1903 » Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psychologist and author († 1990)
• 1904 » Secondo Campini, Italian-American engineer († 1980)

• 1839 » William Smith, English geologist and engineer (b. 1769)
• 1888 » Julius Krohn, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1835)
• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)

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.
• 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 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
• 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 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
• 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 August 28, 1896 was about 15.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.