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• Alice Marie Bergen, Chicago, Verenigde Staten († 1919)
• Adriana van der Heijden, Wouw, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Jansen, Harderwijk († 1915)
• Adriana Cornelia Oosterwaal, Vlijmen († 1991)
• An Stevens († 1994)
• Anna Snyders († 1979)
• Adrianus Johannes van Driel, Ridderkerk († 2001)
• Adriana Catharina Drees, 's-Gravenhage († 1920)
• Anna Catharina Susanna Millard, Gemarston
• Anton ius Lavrijssen, Gestel

• Krijnen (0), Standdaarbuiten
• Annigje den Boer (54), Gemeente den Haag, Gemeente den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barnett Binswanger (60), Philadelphia (USA)
• Aart (2) Andriessen (73), Hilversum
• Adriana Maria Geertruida Gertruida Kemper (52), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Nn Heinen (0), Den Helder
• Barendina Maria Theresia Bouman (62), Rhenen
• Catharina de Wée (44), Schepdaal
• Arie Wustenhoff (37), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• CAROLUS LUDOVICUS BAERT (83), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE

• 1909 » Abner Biberman, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1977)
• 1909 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader († 1951)
• 1910 » Bob Van Osdel, American high jumper and soldier († 1987)
• 1910 » Harry Carney, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 1974)
• 1911 » Augusta Braxton Baker, African American librarian († 1998)
• 1913 » Memos Makris, Greek sculptor († 1993)
• 1915 » O. W. Fischer, Austrian-Swiss actor and director († 2004)
• 1916 » Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician († 2002)
• 1917 » Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1917 » Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who († 1997)

• 1890 » David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
• 1914 » Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
• 1914 » Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1917 » Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1922 » Charles I, emperor of Austria (b. 1887)
• 1922 » Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist and author (b. 1884)
• 1924 » Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)
• 1924 » Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870)
• 1924 » Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (b. 1876)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
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.
• April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
• May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
• July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
• August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
• September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
• October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.

The temperature on April 1, 1914 was between 4.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.