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• Adolph Leonard Thierens, Utrecht († 1988)
• Aaltje ROMEIN, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alva Leroy Crezee, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States († 1965)
• Afien Trientje Nienhuis, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Mauritius SLINGENEYER, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1914)
• Aafien Trientje Nienhuis, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2001)
• († 1918)
• de Laat, Tilburg († 1913)
• Anna Geertruida Hof, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Vrenken, Roggel († 1998)

• Arnoldus (0), Vlagtwedde
• Catharina Maria van Hamond (0), Tilburg, Nederland
• Antje Dam (55), Haarlem
• Arendje BRUIN (37), Velp (Gelderland, The Netherlands)
• Antonie Ahrweiler (61)
• Antonius Josephus Maria Doedée (0), Capelle aan de ijsel
• Anna Koose (59), Hilversum
• Alfred C. Robertson (110), Attala, Mississippi, United States
• Antonius Leonardus Happé (0), Amsterdam
• Catharina Francisca Vlegels (65), Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, Netherlands

• 1910 » Roger MacDougall, Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1911 » Ann Dvorak, American actress († 1979)
• 1912 » Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic († 1977)
• 1912 » Palle Huld, Danish actor († 2010)
• 1912 » Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and author († 2001)
• 1913 » Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic († 1980)
• 1914 » Beatrice Straight, American actress († 2001)
• 1914 » Big Walter Price, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2012)
• 1914 » Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet († 1988)
• 1915 » Gary Merrill, American actor († 1990)

• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
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. 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 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.
• February 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
• February 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
• July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
• July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
• September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
• October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.

The temperature on August 2, 1913 was between 12.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.