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• Albert Marion Eaton Sr [K], Newark, Independence County, Arkansas († 1991)
• van Schoneveld, Rhenen († 1911)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Franciscus van Iersel, Tilburg
• Andrea Jacoba Kapteijn, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van den Beukel, Monster
• Andrea Jacoba Kaptein, Maassluis († 1996)
• Anker Winther Petersen, Smedelundshusene, Merløse Sogn
• Albert Huisjes, Wielen, Dld († 1968)
• Aafje Schaap, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1911)
• Adriana Kornelia Vink, Noordgouwe

• Aaldert van Lienden (80), Rhenen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arie Ariezoon Voorwinden (66), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Albertus Jacobus van WESSEM (75), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Dingeman Rietveld (0), noordeloos (zuid holland)
• Adriana Maria (Anna) van Roessel (60), Breda, Nederland
• Antje Willems Domenie (67), Colijnsplaat, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bertus van Os (0), Hilversum
• Anna Geurts (0), Veldwezelt, Lanaken (B)
• Albertus Jacobus van Vessem (75), Amsterdam
• Arij van der Ham (78), Maassluis

• 1909 » Glenn Cunningham, American runner and academic († 1988)
• 1910 » Anita Page, American actress († 2008)
• 1910 » Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer († 2011)
• 1910 » William Schuman, American composer and educator († 1992)
• 1912 » Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer († 1999)
• 1912 » David Raksin, American composer and educator († 2004)
• 1912 » Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat († 1947)
• 1913 » Johann Niemann, German lieutenant († 1943)
• 1913 » Robert Hayden, American poet and educator († 1980)
• 1913 » Wesley Addy, American actor († 1996)

• 1886 » Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Isaac Levitan, Russian painter and educator (b. 1860)
• 1914 » Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 » Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 » Enver Pasha, Ottoman general and politician (b. 1881)
• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)

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 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
• May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
• May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
• July 7 » The United States, UK, Japan, and Russia sign the North Pacific Fur Seal Convention of 1911 banning open-water seal hunting, the first international treaty to address wildlife preservation issues.
• December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.

The temperature on August 4, 1911 was between 11.4 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.