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• Anna Maartje Zondervan, Den Helder, den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1977)
• Angenitha Adriana Goetheer, Koudekerke
• Andre Joseph Decan, Handzame († 1991)
• Aaltje Zijlstra, Ljouwert, Friesland, Nederland († 1996)
• Alphonsus Maria Moerel, Delft († 1995)
• Angela Lambertina Josephina Maria Broermann
• Anna Maria DE PRINS, Halle, Zoersel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 2004)
• Albertus Adrianus Johannes de Rooij, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• * Tena Groeneveld, Michigan († 2009)
• Andries Marcus Mariek, rotterdam, Nederland († 1944)

• Adriaan Schrier (32), den Helder
• anna wilhelmina wiesemann (1), amsterdam
• Anna van der Velde (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida den Admirant (79), Vlaardingen
• Anna Catharina Cusveller (73), Ogden Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Maria Christina (10), Terneuzen Nederland
• Adrianus Lambertus Franken (0), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes Kok (41), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland
• Tabor (0), Brummen
• Anna Maria van Keulen (56), Tilburg

• 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)
• 1916 » José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1916 » Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter († 1970)
• 1917 » Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1995)
• 1918 » James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author († 2014)
• 1918 » Larry Haines, American actor († 2008)
• 1918 » Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist († 1999)

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

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

• 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.
• 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 6.1 million citizens.
• January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
• March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
• May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
• October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
• November 7 » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
• November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.

The temperature on August 3, 1913 was between 11.3 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.