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• Charles E. Buntjer, Escanaba, Delta County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Adriana Godefrida Moonen, Vlijmen, Heusden
• Adrianus Hartog, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Albert,Philibert,Ghislain (zoon van Felix de Merode en Françoise de Clermont-Tonnerre) (Prins) De Merode-Rixensart (Adoptie 19-10-1946), Serrigny, Frankrijk († 1958)
• August (Gussie) Peter HUTT, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1924)
• Albert prince de Merode, à Serrigny, Yonne en France († 1958)
• Catharina den Boer, Den Helder († 1993)
• Catharina Johanna Huberta Koppert, Monster, Nederland († 1932)
• Albert Philips Ghislain Prins van Merode Graaf van Westerloo, Serrigny, Bourgondië († 1958)
• Barend Bosman, Elburg, Gelderland, Nederland († 1992)

• Berend Konink (72), Lichtenberg (Silvolde)
• Andries Weitenberg (64), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Russchenberg (52), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Otten (76), Tilburg, Nederland
• Alida Johanna Datema (3), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Verweij (50), 's Gravenhage
• Berber Kamstra (van der Horst) (Stoelinga) (63), Sneek, 8601, Nederland
• Berend Riemeijer (0), Gasselte, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria Voets (82), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Diderika van Housselt (67), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 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)
• 1918 » Brian Crozier, Australian-English historian and journalist († 2012)
• 1919 » Michel Déon, French novelist, playwright, and critic († 2016)

• 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. Albert
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Jacob
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
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 6.3 million citizens.
• January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
• April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
• May 6 » Babe Ruth, then a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, hits his first major league home run.
• May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
• June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
• July 1 » Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.

The temperature on August 4, 1915 was between 10.7 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.