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April 3, 1900Born on Wednesday April 4, 1900
- Adelaïde Alfreda Isidora Maria Antonia Vos de Wael, Grathem,Gemeente Leudal,Limburg,Netherlands
- Adelaïde Alfreda Isidora Maria Antonia Vos de Wael, Grathem († 1987)
- Aaltje de Jong, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
- Allen Cornelius Voyles, Hardinsburg, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States of America († 1967)
- Adrianus LAWENDE, Dordrecht
- Andries Wouter van der Pols, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1944)
- Aldert Schaaphok, Noorddijk
- Aart Voskuilen, Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1997)
- Aagje Heijkoop, Nieuwpoort, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adrianus van der Lelij, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Died on Wednesday April 4, 1900
- Aagje van den Ban (73), Nieuwenhoorn
- Adrianus Groffen (80), Halsteren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Albert Jan Pezie (0), Almelo, Stad
- Aaltje PLANTING (0), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Maria van de Blaak (0), Arnhem
- Antonia Everdina Engels (27), Arnhem
- Aagje van den Ban (73), Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Antje van der Most (62), Overschie
- Angela Alida Everaert (2), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
- Aaltje Jans Wassen (3), Beilen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 4, 1900 at Delpher
Born on April 4
- 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)
- 1905 » Erika Nõva, Estonian architect and engineer († 1987)
- 1905 » Eugène Bozza, French composer and conductor († 1991)
- 1906 » Bea Benaderet, Turkish-Jewish Irish-American television, radio, and voice actress († 1968)
Died on April 4
- 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 » Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1908)
- 1919 » William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
- 1923 » John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher, created the Venn diagram (b. 1834)
Names that were popular for boys in 1900
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Pieter
- Gerrit
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Arie
- Dirk
- Gerardus
- Wilhelmus
- Hendrikus
Names that were popular for girls in 1900
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Adriana
- Hendrika
- Catharina
- Grietje
- Jacoba
- Geertruida
- Petronella
- Neeltje
- Aaltje
- Trijntje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1900
- 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 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
- March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
- June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
- July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
- November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
- December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.
Weather April 4, 1900
The temperature on April 4, 1900 was about 1.8 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%.