About the day » Wednesday March 4, 1896Calender converter

• Alice Maude McDonald Walker [Wh Bu], Sumter County, Alabama ac († 1984)
• Aleida Groot Wassink, Linde (Vorden)
• Aaron Luther Ledbetter, North Carolina († 1942)
• Adriana Alphonsa Maria Engel, Tilburg († 1979)
• Adolf Eduard Heinrich, Lithuania († 1978)
• Andries Schreuder, Achterdiep, Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland († 1961)
• Anna Josina Rendering, Nieuw-Scheemda († 1896)
• Abel DELETANG († 1914)
• Albertus Lenstra, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland († 1993)
• Adriana Cornelia Tiberius, Kruisland,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1975)

• Anna Jansdr (van der Veen) (91), Oude Pekela
• Andreas BERGMANS (82), Zonhoven Belgie
• Anna Catharina Hoedemakers (86), Wijchen,Gemeente Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Roeken (52), Roosendaal
• alida dors (79), bloemendaal
• Alberic Alphonse Joseph PAGE > ROSE (0), Nethen
• Anne Randine Olsdatter (75), Jevnaker, Oppland, Norway
• van den Broek (0), Wanroij, Nbr.NL
• * Elisabeth van de Kerkhof (62), Vlijmen
• Arie Dekker (0), IJsselmonde, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1893 » Adolph Lowe, German sociologist and economist († 1995)
• 1893 » Charles Herbert Colvin, American engineer, co-founded the Pioneer Instrument Company († 1985)
• 1894 » Charles Corm, Lebanese businessman and philanthropist († 1963)
• 1895 » Milt Gross, American animator, director, and screenwriter († 1953)
• 1896 » Kai Holm, Danish actor and director († 1985)
• 1897 » Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager († 1969)
• 1898 » Georges Dumézil, French philologist and academic († 1986)
• 1898 » Hans Krebs, German general († 1945)
• 1899 » Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and author († 1962)
• 1899 » Peter Illing, Austrian born, British film and television actor († 1966)

• 1872 » Carsten Hauch, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1790)
• 1883 » Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1812)
• 1888 » Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher and educator (b. 1799)
• 1903 » Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (b. 1834)
• 1906 » John Schofield, American general and politician, 28th United States Secretary of War (b. 1831)
• 1915 » William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (b. 1856)
• 1916 » Franz Marc, German painter (b. 1880)
• 1925 » James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
• 1925 » John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (b. 1854)

• 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.
• May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
• July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
• August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
• August 27 » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
• September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
• December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.

The temperature on March 4, 1896 was about 3.5 °C. The airpressure was 73 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%.