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• Attje de Boer, Sneek († 2001)
• (Jeanne) Louise Westenberg, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Aldegonda van Oerle, Heerlen († 1959)
• Aart van de Schootbrugge, Nunspeet († 1916)
• Annigje Slagter, Giethoorn († 1916)
• Aleida Hendrika Kip, Aalten
• Alida Friederika Ossel, Holsterhausen (Duitsland) († 1945)
• Jolink, Hattem († 1916)
• Adriana Gevers, Bergen op Zoom, wijk (buurt) Nieuw Borgvliet († 2003)
• van Gool, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Arie de Nekker (0), Willemsoord (Steenwijkerwold)
• Aleida du Pré (28), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arina Catharina Schenkels (70), Zoetermeer
• Anna Catharina Schenkels (70), Zoetemeer
• Andries Heitbrink (77), Ambt Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland, Netherlands
• Antje Roos (77), Wijdenes, Nederland
• Aaltje van Egdom (0)
• Albert Nap (1), Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Kunst (85), Gaines, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Amalia Maria Goedemondt (29), Likula (Belg. Congo/Afrika)

• 1905 » Sterling Holloway, American actor († 1992)
• 1913 » Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler († 2007)
• 1916 » Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1916 » Robert Parrish, American actor and director († 1995)
• 1920 » William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence († 1996)
• 1924 » Marianne Werner, German shot putter
• 1925 » Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician († 2003)
• 1927 » Barbara Rush, American actress
• 1927 » Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1929 » Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician († 2015)

• 1901 » Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter and academic (b. 1842)
• 1904 » Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
• 1927 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
• 1931 » Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)

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

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

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• January 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
• February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
• August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
• September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
• September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.

The temperature on January 4, 1916 was between 5.0 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.