About the day » Friday May 4, 1900Calender converter

• Alida Johanna Anthonia van Leeuwen, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha van der Pouw Kraan, Leiderdorp, Z Holl, Nederland († 1932)
• Alexander Clark, West Bow, Edinburgh, Midlothian († 1905)
• Anna HUIZINGA, Emmer-Compascuum Netherlands († 1978)
• Adrianus Johannes Blok, Rotterdam
• Albertus Johan LENSINK, Aalten, Nederland, Gelderland, Haart († 1986)
• Alice Lucille Mann, Gahanna, Franklin Co., OH († 1990)
• Aaltje Draaijer, Heerde (Hoornerveen),, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertus Wilhelmus Janssen, Bemmel, Gemeente Lingewaard, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Aleida M. Neymeyer, Ackley, Grundy County, Iowa († 1967)

• Wortelboer (79), Winschoten
• Alida, Maria Adelheid Kappen (65), Exloermond (Odoorn)
• Anna Sausen (63), Elsloo
• Anna de Jonge (0), Hoek (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Allert Zwiggelaar (0), Noord gem Hoogeveen
• Alida Wilhelmina Maleijs (84), Leiden
• Andries Drost (65), Doniawerstal
• Adriana SPOEL (62), Amsterdam
• Aaron Édouard Tivoly (75), Parijs, 75000, Frankrijk
• Andries Drost (65), Doniawerstal

• 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)
• 1906 » Gustav Bergmann, Austrian-American philosopher from the Vienna Circle († 1987)
• 1907 » Lincoln Kirstein, American soldier and playwright, co-founded the New York City Ballet († 1996)
• 1907 » Walter Walsh, American target shooter and FBI agent († 2014)
• 1908 » Wolrad Eberle, German decathlete († 1949)

• 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. 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. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Hendrika
9. Catharina
10. Grietje
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Petronella
14. Neeltje
15. Aaltje
16. Trijntje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
• February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
• February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
• March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
• June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
• November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.

The temperature on May 4, 1900 was about 10.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%.