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Birthday August 17, 1896

• The temperature on August 17, 1896 was about 16.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
  • March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
  • May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
  • July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
  • 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.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1893 » John Brahm, German-American director and production manager († 1982)
• 1893 » Mae West, American actress, playwright, and screenwriter († 1980)
• 1894 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group († 1964)
• 1896 » Leslie Groves, American general and engineer († 1970)
• 1896 » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author († 1970)
• 1896 » Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile († 1991)