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• Arie van der Vlist († 1994)
• Antje Wesselius, St Nicolaasga, Wymbritseradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Vuurst, Bunschoten
• Albert Burleson Smith [K], Fairmount, Sabine County, Texas
• Adrianus Henricus Verouden, Delft († 1988)
• Anna Helena Jansen, Dommelen († 1927)
• Antonia Hendrika Huijser, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Hendricus Verouden, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Anna Martina Cornelia de Beer, Tilburg († 1998)
• Adriana Maria Heerkens, Oisterwijk († 2002)

• Anna Maria Philomena VAN OPPEN VANOPPEN (70), Beek (NL/LI)
• Annegje van Nunspeet (76), Kampen
• Anna Paulona Daamen (40), Utrecht
• Annette Marie Goemann (36), Am Vorwerk (D)
• Antje Engberts Postma (92), Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Burgers (68), Gendt
• Bartus Lubbersen (40), Putten
• Anna Mietje Boekhoudt (92), Aruba
• van Dijk (0), Rhenen
• Angelus Delen (59), Grobbendonk, België

• 1904 » Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician († 1998)
• 1905 » Tekin Arıburun, Turkish soldier and politician, President of Turkey († 1993)
• 1906 » Natalie Savage Carlson, American author († 1997)
• 1908 » Johnny Burke, American songwriter († 1964)
• 1911 » Michael Hordern, English actor († 1995)
• 1915 » Ray Stark, American film producer († 2004)
• 1916 » James Herriot, English veterinarian and author († 1995)
• 1919 » James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1921 » Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier († 1996)
• 1923 » Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica († 2004)

• 1890 » Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 » Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 » William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 » Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
• 1911 » Rosetta Jane Birks, Australian suffragist (b. 1856)
• 1917 » Eduardo Di Capua, Neapolitan composer, singer and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1929 » Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)

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. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
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.
• April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
• August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
• September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
• December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
• December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

The temperature on October 3, 1914 was between 4.0 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.