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• Alice M Hash, Bourbon County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Abraham Gerard van Lom, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Legerstee, Delft (Delft), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van den Broek, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Martinus Hens, Woensel
• Alida Engelberta Ouwendijk, Delft, Nederland
• Adrianus Alphonsus Cornelis Johannes Appels, Tilburg († 1995)
• Anna Paulina Clementina Tijsmans, Oorderen
• Albert D HEISLER, Clay County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1970)
• Aagje Klos, Zegwaart († 2001)

• Aartje van Straten (0), velsen
• Dymphna VANDEROSTYNE (0), Loppem,West Vlaanderen,BELGIE
• Bertha Maria Theresia Meessen (38), Vaals-Holset
• Cornelis Gillesz. van der Meide(Meijde) (70), Sommelsdijk (ZH Nederland)
• Debora Wilhelmina Landman (73), Wakkerstroom
• Cornelis van der Meijde (70), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van den Brekel (72), Tilburg
• Albert Mol (57), E484, Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, The Netherlands
• dood geboren kind van Markensteijn (0), Oude Tonge
• ADRIANA MARIA VAN LIEREN (65), 'S-GRAVENHAGE

• 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)
• 1915 » Gary Merrill, American actor († 1990)
• 1916 » Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor († 1990)

• 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)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)

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

• 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 6.2 million citizens.
• January 1 » The SPT Airboat Line becomes the world's first scheduled airline to use a winged aircraft.
• August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
• August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
• November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
• December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.

The temperature on August 2, 1914 was between 13.7 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 13.2 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.