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• Anna Maria Ida Onkelinx (Geboren als Haubrechts), Mechelen-Bovelingen, België († 1997)
• Alida Hillegonda Does, Hilversum († 1911)
• Abeltje Bottema, Kleinemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus RAVESLOOT, Amersfoort († 1966)
• Adrianus Johannes Buijck, Lisse († 1942)
• Adrianus Johannes Buijck, Lisse († 1942)
• Alphonsus Antonius Thaels, Geel, België
• Albert Felthouse, Illinois († 2013)
• Annigje Thalen, Havelte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Kastelein, Wissenkerke, Zeeland, Nederland († 1912)

• - van Item (0), Bloemendaal, N-H, NL
• Amalia Rose Amanda van Dall'Armi (76), München, Oberbayern, Beieren
• Charles Lester Mackay-Smith Marlatt (0), Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Hegger (22), Horst, America
• Antje Jacoba van der Heiden (0), Sloten, prov. Noord Holland
• Barbara Bovens (0), Maastricht
• Adrianus Gijsbertus Gerardus van Kooten (0), Loenersloot
• Berendina Nieuwenhuis (36), Wehl
• Anna Maria Hegger (22), Horst, Limburg, Nederland
• Adolf Graaf Dubsky Vrijheer van Trebomyslic (78), Wenen

• 1907 » Mary Hamman, American journalist and author († 1984)
• 1910 » Roger MacDougall, Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter († 1993)
• 1911 » Ann Dvorak, American actress († 1979)
• 1912 » Håkon Stenstadvold, Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic († 1977)
• 1912 » Palle Huld, Danish actor († 2010)
• 1912 » Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and author († 2001)
• 1913 » Xavier Thaninayagam, Sri Lankan scholar and academic († 1980)
• 1914 » Beatrice Straight, American actress († 2001)
• 1914 » Big Walter Price, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 2012)
• 1914 » Félix Leclerc, Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet († 1988)

• 1889 » Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
• 1890 » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet and author (b. 1813)
• 1903 » Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
• 1903 » Eduard Magnus Jakobson, Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Dirk
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. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
• April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
• May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
• July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
• September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
• September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.

The temperature on August 2, 1911 was between 15.4 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.