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• Aletta Lamberta Sligting, Haarlem
• Johanna Philippina Wegerif, Apeldoorn († 1985)
• Alida Louisa Sandifort, den haag
• Alida_Geertruida van der Lem, Beverwijk († 1896)
• Adriaan Bedet, Terneuzen († 1962)
• Adrianus Johannes de Laat, Teteringen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertje Zandstra, Nijehaske
• Aart van Moorselaar, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• * Gerrit van Leeuwen, Ammerzode († 1975)
• Anna Betalia Lindberg († 1967)

• Arien Bakker, Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Nn Vos (0), Hollandscheveld
• Bastiaan van Strijen (0), Maasdam, Binnenmaas, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Akke Beerends Meester (37), Oosterzee gem.Friesemeren
• Antje Klaasd Dekker (69), Egmond aan Zee, prov. Noord Holland
• Aleida Bien (0), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Vrijaldenhoven (29), Dieren
• Anna Maria van den Broek (71), `s-Gravenhage
• Anna Mechtildis Jacobs (79), Meerssen
• Alfons Oscar Van der Beken (0), Zevergem, De Pinte, België

• 1887 » Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist († 1975)
• 1889 » Alton Adams, American composer and bandleader († 1987)
• 1890 » Klabund, German author and poet († 1928)
• 1896 » Carlos P. Garcia, Filipino lawyer and politician, 8th President of the Philippines († 1971)
• 1897 » Dolly Stark, American baseball player and umpire († 1968)
• 1900 » Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian sociologist and activist († 1954)
• 1901 » Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist, author, and academic († 1974)
• 1904 » Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer, technician, and academic († 1967)
• 1905 » Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet and translator († 2007)
• 1906 » Sterling North, American author and critic († 1974)

• 1886 » James Martin, Irish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1820)
• 1893 » Pierre Tirard, Swiss-French engineer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of France (b. 1827)
• 1895 » Eugene Field, American journalist, author, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1906 » John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (b. 1832)
• 1918 » Wilfred Owen, English lieutenant and poet (b. 1893)
• 1921 » Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1856)
• 1924 » Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1845)
• 1924 » Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1930 » Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (b. 1859)
• 1930 » Buddy Bolden, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1877)

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.
• April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
• June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
• June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
• December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
• 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.
• 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 November 4, 1896 was about 5.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%.