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• Antonia Aussems, Loon op Zand († 2002)
• Anne Wouter van Praag, Utrecht
• Adele van Zijl († 1985)
• Aleida Wilting, 's-Heerenberg († 1983)
• Anna Kirstine Hansen, Bække By, Bække Sogn, Anst Herred, Ribe Amt, Danmark
• Adriana Cornelia Maria van der Sanden, Drunen
• Adrianus Cornelis Hultermans, Tilburg († 1983)
• Alida Eikelenboom, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 2012)
• Abram Louis Verhoef, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Antoinetta Hendriks Mooiweer, Blokzijl

• Andries Schwebe (76), Amsterdam
• Adriana Cornelia Maria Pape (0), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan Constantijn Maria Baron Goffinet (50), Brussel
• Arjen Johannes Scheltema (77), Sexbierum, Barradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Oudshoorn (1), Haarlemmermeer
• Alden B Weeks (92), Jefferson, Lincoln County, Maine, United States of America
• (L.l.) Heijligenberg (0), Den Helder
• Betje Goldsteen (63), Hoogeveen,Gemeente Hoogeveen,Drente
• Antoon Teunis van Kekem (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carl Jacob August Friedrich Falkenberg (78)

• 1907 » Alexander R. Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1907 » Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia († 2001)
• 1909 » Alex Raymond, American cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon († 1956)
• 1911 » Jack Finney, American author and playwright († 1995)
• 1912 » Frank Malina, American engineer and painter († 1981)
• 1914 » Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian († 1998)
• 1914 » Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer († 1952)
• 1915 » Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams Sonoma († 2015)
• 1917 » Charles Drake, American actor († 1994)
• 1917 » Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)

• 1920 » Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Helena

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• January 18 » First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
• May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
• June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
• July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
• November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
• December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

The temperature on October 2, 1913 was between 9.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.