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• Alberta Siebers, Borculo († 2000)
• Adelino Cristóvam de Amorim, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil († 2005)
• Andre Herrebout, Rotterdam (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1921)
• Alice Jeannette Keeler, Bradford, Miami, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Aaltje Poelstra, Groningen, Nederland († 1979)
• Albert Oanes Postma, Jistrum († 1989)
• Aaltje Hoogeveen, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorffwelchevoralternwarengewissenhafts, Hamburg-Bergedorf (Hamburg) († 1997)
• Adrianus van Grinsven, Boxtel
• Albert de Zeeuw (Zeeuw,de Seeuw,de Seeu), Rotterdam, Nederland

• Catarina Margarida Winter (64), São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• annetje van SETERS (77), rozenburg
• (2) Trijntje Schipper (77), Obdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Annetje van Renselaar (74), Horst, gem. Ermelo
• Berend Willem ten Pas (51), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Verhoeven, Den Dungen
• Anna Leijden van Amstel Franco (0), Amsterdam
• Bereth Dorthea Olsdatter (83), Nedre Misvær, Skjerstad, Nordland, Norge
• Bregje HAMWIJK (72), Apeldoorn
• Brigitta Anna Brandsma (60), Schoterland (Heerenveen)

• 1910 » Anita Page, American actress († 2008)
• 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)
• 1915 » Warren Avis, American businessman, founded Avis Rent a Car System († 2007)
• 1917 » John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer († 2012)

• 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. 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. 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 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 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
• August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
• August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
• August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
• August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
• November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

The temperature on August 4, 1914 was between 12.6 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.