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Born on Friday September 4, 1896
- Keijzer, Dinteloord en Prinsenland († 1896)
- Adriana Apon, Rotterdam († 1897)
- Adrianus Halsema, Eierland (Texel, NH) († 1971)
- Adrianus Laurentius Stal, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1966)
- Adrianus Laurentius Stal, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1966)
- Adriana Apon, Rotterdam
- Aaltjen Harenberg, Baak
- Adrianus Antonius van der Linden, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Marinus Rottier, Yerseke († 1952)
- Alberta Hendrika Bartels, Rheden
Died on Friday September 4, 1896
- Agnes Jane Graham (81), Lake City, Florence, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten
- Hamelink, Terneuzen
- bastiaan MAASKANT (46), rotterdam
- Annetje Lamberts Veerman (77), Huizen
- Arie van den Berg (64), Amerongen
- Arie Janszoon van den Berg (64), Amerongen
- Benjamin Van STEENWIJK (46), Rotterdam
- Anskje Sjoerds van der Wal (57), Veenwouden, Dantumadeel,, Friesland, Nederland
- Aaltjen Trekop (36), Laren {GE}
- Andrew Mauney (38)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from September 4, 1896 at Delpher
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Algemeen Handelsblad
- Nieuw Israelietisch weekblad
- Het nieuws van den dag : kleine courant
- Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad
- De Amsterdammer : dagblad voor Nederland
- Suriname : koloniaal nieuws- en advertentieblad
- Java-bode : nieuws, handels- en advertentieblad voor Nederlandsch-Indie
- Middelburgsche courant
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
Born on September 4
- 1887 » Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1946)
- 1888 » Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer († 1943)
- 1890 » Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter († 1947)
- 1891 » Fritz Todt, German engineer and politician († 1942)
- 1892 » Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator († 1974)
- 1896 » Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright († 1948)
- 1901 » William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars († 1985)
- 1902 » Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer († 1996)
- 1905 » Mary Renault, English-South African author († 1983)
- 1905 » Walter Zapp, Latvian-Estonian inventor, invented the Minox († 2003)
Died on September 4
- 1849 » Friedrich Laun, German author (b. 1770)
- 1852 » William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
- 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
- 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
- 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
- 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
- 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
- 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
- 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
- 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
Names that were popular for boys in 1896
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Arie
- Dirk
- Gerardus
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1896
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Elisabeth
- Adriana
- Catharina
- Jacoba
- Aaltje
- Grietje
- Geertruida
- Helena
- Neeltje
- Petronella
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1896
- 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.
- January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
- March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
- March 20 » With the approval of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing dynasty post office is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.
- June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
- July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
Weather September 4, 1896
The temperature on September 4, 1896 was about 17.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.