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• Adriana Bergmans, Drunen († 1896)
• Aart van den Dolewaard, Utrecht († 1902)
• Albertina Span-, Elst, Nederland († 1981)
• Alida Johanna OUBORG, Dordrecht († 1983)
• Angus Lawrence MacDonald, Alpine Ridge, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1955)
• Alida Cornelia Rikkers, Peursum
• Anna Helena van der Reijden, Leiden
• Aeilt Bonk, Grundy County, Iowa († 1978)
• Abramina Lindhout, Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1897)
• Anna Margaretha Adelheid Tieben, Munnekemoer, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1943)

• Carolus (Charles) PORTIER (66), Koekelare
• Anna Maria Petry (76), Löffelscheidt, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Clemence d'HUYDEVETTER (67), Ninove, 41048, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Augusta Marie DE VOS (0), Sint Jan Steen
• Adriana Maria de Lange (0), Zwijndrecht
• Berend Geerds Dekker (88), Wymeer
• Christiaan Kwint (42), Havikkerwaard (Rheden)
• Aukje Pijpker (18), Haulerwijk (Ooststellingwerf), Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Oswald (45), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Arij Quak (79), Rozenburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1883 » Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria († 1963)
• 1884 » Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic († 1970)
• 1892 » Dezső Kertész, Hungarian actor and film director († 1965)
• 1894 » Joseph Roth, Austrian journalist and author († 1939)
• 1897 » Fazlollah Zahedi, Iranian general and statesman, 36th Prime Minister of Iran († 1963)
• 1901 » Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach († 1977)
• 1901 » Andreas Embirikos, Greek psychoanalyst and poet († 1975)
• 1904 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician († 1963)
• 1907 » Pertev Naili Boratav, Turkish author and educator († 1998)
• 1908 » Ruth Bancroft, American landscape and garden designer († 2017)

• 1865 » William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
• 1872 » N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
• 1877 » Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793)
• 1885 » Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (b. 1821)
• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
• 1918 » John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1921 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (b. 1867)
• 1927 » Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (b. 1878)

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 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
• August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
• November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
• November 27 » Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
• December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
• December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.

The temperature on September 2, 1896 was about 14.6 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%.