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• Alice De Baere, Belsele
• Aaltje Willemijntje Padmos, Bruinisse gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL († 1908)
• Aaltje van der Heide, Opsterland,Friesland,Nederland
• Adelaïde Maria ( Adronie ) Segaert, Zedelgem († 1996)
• Alexandra Wilhelmina Mathilda Groenhart, Topibo, Suriname († 1949)
• Adrianus van Dongen, Roosendaal (Roosendaal), Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1950)
• Kramer, Wissenkerke († 1896)
• Adriaantje Knop, Bruinisse († 1990)
• Glas († 1980)
• Aleida Alaida TANKINK, Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1980)

• Anna Geertruida Boggia (55), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Adrianus Augustinus Leijtens (0), Baardwijk
• A(a)lbert Klein Obbink (66), Enschede
• Boudewijn Droog (27), Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Mesker (1), rotterdam
• Alexander Inwood IV (69), Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Carol Louis Annet (58), Zarren
• Kramer (0), Wissenkerke
• Anthonius Wilhelmus (bijg. Roman) Volle (60), Veenhuizen (Norg)
• Arnoldus Uijtewaal (77), Ter Aar (Papenveer)

• 1891 » Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor († 1968)
• 1891 » Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1953)
• 1891 » William McKell, Australian politician, 12th Governor General of Australia († 1985)
• 1892 » Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic († 1970)
• 1894 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress († 1929)
• 1895 » Jürgen Stroop, German general († 1952)
• 1897 » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot († 1917)
• 1897 » Pope Paul VI († 1978)
• 1898 » George Gershwin, American pianist and composer († 1937)
• 1900 » Suzanne Belperron, French jewelry designer († 1983)

• 1868 » August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1790)
• 1877 » Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
• 1902 » Levi Strauss, German-American businessman, founded Levi Strauss & Co. (b. 1829)
• 1904 » John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1848)
• 1904 » Lafcadio Hearn, Greek-Japanese author and academic (b. 1850)
• 1922 » Charles Wade, Australian politician, 17th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Andy Adams, American author (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Iván Persa, Slovene-Hungarian priest and author (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Bessie Smith, American singer and actress (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Henri Fertet, French Resistance fighter (b. 1926)

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 » Battle of Adwa: An Ethiopian army defeats an outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo-Ethiopian War.
• March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
• 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.
• 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 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 September 26, 1896 was about 11.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%.