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• Annigje De Jonge, Hoogeveen
• Anne Spanjaard-Spanjaardts († 1973)
• Albertus Saedt, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1982)
• Aaltje Hindriks, Eexterveenschekanaal
• Alexis Asselman, Pamel
• Allen J. Stauble, New York
• Adriana Elisabeth Soeters, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1996)
• Annigje de Jonge, Achterom (gem. Hoogeveen) († 1966)
• Abraham de Smit, Vlissingen († 1909)
• Adrianus de Goede, Vlaardingen († 1981)

• anthonie PIJPER (75), zwijndrecht
• Celia Oostrum (0), Boskoop
• Adrianus Antonius Hubertus Didden (1), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Berend Talens (82), Tussenklappen, Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Berend Talens (82), Muntendam
• Aaltje Bijsterbosch (75), Epe
• Clarence Richard MURFET (49), Port Frederick, Tasmania, Australia
• Aaltje Biisterbosch (75), Epe
• Bertus Knikker (0), Zalk, Overijssel, Nederland
• Amelia Suzanna Baks (2), Woudrichem, Gemeente Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1904 » Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author († 1988)
• 1904 » Dolores del Río, Mexican actress († 1983)
• 1905 » Franz König, Austrian cardinal († 2004)
• 1907 » Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil († 1996)
• 1907 » Lawrence Brown, American trombonist and composer († 1988)
• 1907 » Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th President of China (d.1998)
• 1909 » Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American author and educator († 1971)
• 1911 » Alex McCrindle, Scottish actor and producer († 1990)
• 1912 » Fritz Hellwig, German politician († 2017)
• 1913 » Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer († 2007)

• 1894 » George Inness, American painter (b. 1825)
• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
• 1929 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)

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

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

• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
• January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
• January 25 » Richard Strauss's opera Elektra receives its debut performance at the Dresden State Opera.
• March 4 » U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
• April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
• April 11 » The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
• June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.

The temperature on August 3, 1909 was between 8.3 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.