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• Antonia Wilhelmina Kersten, Afferden,Bergen
• Adriaan Langedijk, Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• adriaantje HAGOORT, mijnsheerenland
• van den Berg
• Alexander Clemens Bonifatius Bary
• Arendje Messemaker, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Aldegonda Regina Smits, Baarlo († 1954)
• Alphons Jozef Schlenter, Voerendaal († 1995)
• "Anne-Marie" Jacqueline Mahé de Berdouaré, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France († 2004)
• Adriana van Tiggelen, Wouw († 1982)

• Anna Maria Heijnen (39), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aafke Gosses Fokkens (33), Oudwoude
• Adriana Gieltje Koekkoek (0), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Roelsma (73), de Wilp, gem. Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Slijm (0), Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Netherlands
• Arijaantje van der Ende (26), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Josephus RIBBENS (0), Roosendaal
• Anna Hermina Hauptmeijer (0), Haarle (Hellendoorn)
• Anne Agricola (0), Doniawerstal, Nederland
• Anna Maria (Maaike) Heijnen (39), Emmen, Nederland

• 1913 » Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic († 1999)
• 1914 » Erich Topp, German admiral († 2005)
• 1914 » Ethelreda Leopold, American actress († 1988)
• 1914 » Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator († 2004)
• 1914 » Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and engineer († 1990)
• 1915 » Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British peer, politician and soldier († 2014)
• 1916 » Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German colonel and pilot († 1982)
• 1916 » Ken Curtis, American actor and singer († 1991)
• 1916 » Reino Kangasmäki, Finnish wrestler († 2010)
• 1916 » Zélia Gattai, Brazilian author and photographer († 2008)

• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)

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

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

• 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 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 6.2 million citizens.
• August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
• August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
• August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
• August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
• August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
• October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.

The temperature on July 2, 1914 was between 18.1 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 22.4 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.