About the day » Friday September 4, 1914Calender converter

• Alexandre François SIMON, Brest, 29019, Finistère, Bretagne, France († 1989)
• Anna Verdonckt, Ronse († 1991)
• Adriaan Cornelis Reijgersberg, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arjen Bosgraaf, Buitenpost, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2003)
• Antje Lamberta den Uijl, Breukelen
• Anna Louisa Veldhuizen, Amsterdam
• Anthonie Cornelis de Leeuw, Schoonrewoerd
• Alfred A. BUENKER, New Vienna,Dubuque Iowa,America († 2001)
• Anna Hacquebard, Utrecht († 1991)
• Anna Cornelia Bastianen, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• "Xavier" Elzéar Raymond de Villeneuve (30), Baccarat, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
• Antje Annes van der Zwaag (72), Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Emil Adolf Otto (34), Münster, Vosges, Lorraine, Frankrijk
• Antonia Alberta Pieternella Konijn (0), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Camiel Cyriel Vanneste (22), Breendonk Antwerpen
• Derk Jan Stomp (79), Wisch, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dirk Johannes van Meeteren (41), Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Annes van der Zwaag (72), Kollum
• Cornelis Poppes Broersma (45), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Antje VAN DER ZWAAG (72), Kollumerland c.a. Friesland Netherlands

• 1910 » Denis Tomlinson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer († 1993)
• 1912 » Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor († 1999)
• 1912 » Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator († 2004)
• 1913 » Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium († 2005)
• 1913 » Mickey Cohen, American mob boss († 1976)
• 1913 » Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author († 2015)
• 1913 » Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)
• 1913 » Victor Kiernan, English historian and academic († 2009)
• 1914 » Rudolf Leiding, German businessman († 2003)
• 1917 » Henry Ford II, American businessman († 1987)

• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1974 » Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)

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.
• February 26 » HMHSBritannic, sister to the RMSTitanic, is launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
• May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
• May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
• November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.

The temperature on September 4, 1914 was between 7.5 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.