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• Bertha Meesters, Eigenbilzen († 1996)
• Aleida Antonia ten Asbroek, Almelo († 1995)
• Amos L. Higgs, Black Rock, Lawrence, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 1916)
• Albert Altena, Ane († 1999)
• Parlevliet, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carel Visser, Ooy Zevenaar († 1963)
• Adriana Cornelia VAN POPPELEN, Willemstad, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Ale Eizes Meijer, Niehove, Oldehove, Groningen, Nederland († 2001)
• Dora Conti, Lençóis Paulista, São Paulo, Brasil († 1973)
• Anneke Jelles Dijkstra, Zwaagwesteinde († 2016)

• Adrianus Johannes van de Wiel (92), Drunen
• Adriaan Kluijtmans (76), Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoon Spaan (73), Elst, Nederland
• Ariën Leek (62), Hensbroek
• Augusta Ernestina Frederika List (76), Noordwijk
• Adrianus Bruurs (0), Moergestel
• Cornelia van Der Kleij (86), Voorburg
• Berend ZWIENINK (81), Doetinchem Amt
• Antje BLEIJENBURG (46), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Voorting (88), Haarlem

• 1910 » Paulette Goddard, American actress and model († 1990)
• 1911 » Ellen Corby, American actress and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1913 » Pedro Mir, Dominican poet and author († 2000)
• 1914 » Ignacio Ponseti, Spanish physician and orthopedist († 2009)
• 1917 » Leo Gorcey, American actor († 1969)
• 1918 » Lili St. Cyr, American dancer († 1999)
• 1918 » Patrick Cargill, English actor and producer († 1996)
• 1921 » Forbes Carlile, Australian pentathlete and coach († 2016)
• 1921 » Jean Dréjac, French singer and composer († 2003)
• 1922 » Alain Resnais, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter († 2014)

• 1894 » Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1812)
• 1899 » Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1825)
• 1900 » Mary Kingsley, English explorer and author (b. 1862)
• 1902 » Vital-Justin Grandin, French-Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1829)
• 1906 » John Maxwell, American golfer (b. 1871)
• 1921 » Coenraad Hiebendaal, Dutch rower and physician (b. 1879)
• 1924 » Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian lawyer and author (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Li Yuanhong, Chinese general and politician, 2nd President of the Republic of China (b. 1864)
• 1933 » William Muldoon, American wrestler (b. 1852)
• 1938 » John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower and tug of war competitor (b. 1873)

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. Geertruida
14. Grietje
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.
• 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.
• June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
• October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
• November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

The temperature on June 3, 1916 was between 3.5 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.