About the day » Thursday May 4, 1893Calender converter

• Age Hendriks Faber, Sondel († 1952)
• André John Lewis Marechal, Boxtel († 1949)
• Albert Jacob Philips Ram, ‘s-Hertogenbosch,Gemeente 'S-Hertogenbosch,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1938)
• ALBERTUS ISIDORUS STRYBOL, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Aagje GROENENVELD, Rhoon, Zuid Holland, Netherlands
• Andreas Johannes Ludovicus Marechal, Boxtel
• Adrianus van de Weerd, Amerongen, Utrecht, the Netherlands
• Aaltje BARENDRECHT, Heinenoord
• Albert Jacob Philips Leonard Ram, 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch), Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Agatha Wiel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1951)

• Aagje KEIJZER (51), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonij Mulder (64), Terwolde
• Abraham Willem Heesen (59), Wertherbruch
• Bianca Antonia Carolina Gransberg (39), Monaco,,Monaco
• Berend Timmer (76), Kerkenbosch (Zuidwolde)
• Arnoldus Hendrikus de Lat (53), Goor
• Bernardus Sweers (56), Didam, Gelderland (NL.)
• Bernardus Zweers (56), Didam
• Apolonia Stolk (30), Wageningen
• Adrianus van Weert (52), Drunen

• 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)
• 1903 » Luther Adler, American actor († 1984)
• 1903 » Paul Demel, Czech actor († 1951)
• 1905 » Al Dexter, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1984)

• 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 » Joseph Plunkett, Irish rebel and writer (b. 1887)
• 1916 » Willie Pearse, Irish rebel (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak general and politician (b. 1880)
• 1922 » Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian politician (b. 1888)

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

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

• 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
• July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
• July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
• September 19 » In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor, giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
• October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.

The temperature on May 4, 1893 was about 10.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.