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• Anna Maria Hendrika Goossens
• Albertus Marinus Wildschut, Utrecht
• Anna Maria Evers, Tegelen
• Abraham Willemsen, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aaltje Netjes, Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland († 1934)
• Andre Dhaeze, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nl
• Albert van Ittersum, Zwollerkerspel, Nederland († 1984)
• Agatha Panhuis, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 1970)
• TIMMERS
• Alphonsus Jacobus van Boxtel, Alem († 1904)

• Aafke Zwart (59), Ulrum
• Pomp (0), Wildervank, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Aan Sjoerds TAMMINGA (18), Buitenpost, Achtkarspelen, Fryslân, Nederland
• Afien Stoffers (1), Steenbergen gem. Roden
• Adriaan de KOK (85), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van den Beld (0), Heerde (buurtschap Hoornerveen)
• Aaltje Hup (60), Nunspeet / Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Drunen (18), Rotterdam
• Alexis Malfait (75), Bellegem
• Adriana van Prooijen (0), Oud-Beijerland, Hoeksche Waard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1888 » Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager († 1958)
• 1889 » Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian journalist, poet, and playwright († 1968)
• 1892 » Italo Mus, Italian painter († 1967)
• 1895 » Arthur Murray, American dancer and educator († 1991)
• 1896 » Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright and screenwriter († 1955)
• 1897 » Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter († 1975)
• 1898 » Agnes Ayres, American actress († 1940)
• 1899 » Hillel Oppenheimer, German-Israeli botanist and academic († 1971)
• 1902 » Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin, French journalist and author († 1969)
• 1902 » Stanley G. Weinbaum, American author and poet († 1935)

• 1874 » Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
• 1875 » Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (b. 1837)
• 1878 » Richard M. Brewer, American criminal (b. 1850)
• 1879 » Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist and meteorologist (b. 1803)
• 1883 » Peter Cooper, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Cooper Union (b. 1791)
• 1890 » Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (b. 1812)
• 1890 » Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Quebec (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Charles Brantley Aycock, American lawyer and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1859)
• 1912 » Isaac K. Funk, American minister, lexicographer, and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (b. 1839)
• 1919 » William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)

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 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
• April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
• May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
• 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.
• September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
• December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.

The temperature on April 4, 1896 was about 6.1 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%.