About the day » Thursday May 4, 1876Calender converter

• Adriana_Alida van Rijn, Schiedam († 1953)
• Abraham Johannes de Wekker, Leiden († 1948)
• Aaltje HADDERS, Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Henrica van Hoef, Weert,, Limburg, Nederland († 1968)
• Albertje Bodde, Beerta, Groningen, Nederland († 1959)
• Angenies Willemnina Keern, Delft (ZH-NLD)
• Alida Alina Felix Vuylsteke, Moen († 1934)
• Albertus Johannes Kooijman, Assen
• Anna Sofia Johansson
• Alida Hendrina Renes, Jaarsveld, Utrecht, Nederland († 1876)

• Bastiana van der Zwaal (72), Delfshaven
• Antje Ages Ages (87), Drachten, Smallingerland, Frslnd, Nthr
• Arnoldus Braam (69), Warm (Oude Ijsselstreek), Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Zaal (59), Woerden {UT}
• Antje Ages Kuperus (87), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Braam (69), Gendringen, Nederland
• Aaltjn Tijmes Tingen (71), Overisel, Allegan, Michigan, United States
• Adriana Lijzen (0), Beuzeberg-Holten
• Anne Marie Vanherck (68), Gelinden, België
• Augustinus Gybels (41)

• 1851 » Thomas Dewing, American painter († 1938)
• 1852 » Alice Liddell, English model († 1934)
• 1855 » Greyfriars Bobby, faithful dog († 1872)
• 1883 » Wang Jingwei, Chinese politician († 1944)
• 1884 » Richard Baggallay, English army officer and cricketer († 1975)
• 1887 » Andrew Dasburg, French-American painter († 1979)
• 1889 » Francis Spellman, American cardinal († 1967)
• 1890 » Franklin Carmichael, Canadian painter († 1945)
• 1902 » Cola Debrot, Dutch physician, lawyer, and politician († 1981)
• 1902 » Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator († 1986)

• 1839 » Denis Davydov, Russian general and poet (b. 1784)
• 1858 » Aimé Bonpland, French botanist and explorer (b. 1773)
• 1859 » Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1771)
• 1880 » Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
• 1901 » John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (b. 1831)
• 1903 » Gotse Delchev, Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary IMRO (b. 1872)
• 1912 » Nettie Stevens, American geneticist credited with discovering sex chromosomes (b. 1861)
• 1916 » Ned Daly, Irish rebel commander (Easter Rising) (b. 1891)
• 1916 » John Murray, Australian politician, 23rd Premier of Victoria (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Jacob
9. Petrus
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Dirk
13. Arie
14. Hendrikus
15. Gerardus
16. Wilhelmus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Adriana
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Wilhelmina
10. Grietje
11. Aaltje
12. Neeltje
13. Trijntje
14. Antje
15. Petronella
16. Jacoba

• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
• February 14 » Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray.
• March 10 » The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.
• May 2 » The April Uprising breaks out in Ottoman Bulgaria.
• May 10 » The Centennial Exposition is opened in Philadelphia.
• July 8 » The Hamburg massacre prior to the 1876 United States presidential election results in the deaths of six African-Americans of the Republican Party, along with one white assailant.
• August 8 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.

The temperature on May 4, 1876 was about 11.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%.