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• Antonia Willemina Kuijpers, Den Haag († 1916)
• Antje Alberda, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland († 2000)
• Anthonie Kromwijk, Rotterdam († 1940)
• Arend Jan Rus, Pella Iowa († 1988)
• Arthur (=Art) Rus, Pella, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Reijns, Sint Jansteen, gem. Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland († 1985)
• Albertje Bouws, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1982)
• Dingeman Jan van der Graaf, Renesse († 1944)
• Adriana Hansen, Den Helder († 2010)
• Alberdina Marchina de Roo († 1992)

• Akke Aukes Donia (79), Sint Jacobiparochie, gem. het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Susanna Elisabeth Kamphuis (82), Ellecom Rheden Gelderland
• Andries Gerrit Hoolboom (60), Haarlem, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius WILLEMS (78), Oijen
• Alexis Mousseau (76), Huron, Ontario, Canada
• Anna Maria Hubertina van der Linden (54), Dieteren
• ADRIANA VERKADE (72), VLAARDINGEN
• Anna Jacoba Feijgeman (25), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Maria Lenssen (62.3.4.5.4), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aukje Beerstra (60), Kollum, Friesland, Nederland

• 1911 » Jean Harlow, American actress († 1937)
• 1913 » Harold J. Stone, American actor († 2005)
• 1913 » Margaret Bonds, American pianist and composer († 1972)
• 1914 » Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor († 1973)
• 1916 » Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician († 2006)
• 1917 » Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic († 1952)
• 1918 » Arthur Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2007)
• 1920 » James Doohan, Canadian-American actor and soldier († 2005)
• 1920 » Julius Boros, American golfer and accountant († 1994)
• 1920 » Ronald Searle, English-French soldier and illustrator († 2011)

• 1894 » Ned Williamson, American baseball player (b. 1857)
• 1901 » George Gilman, American businessman, founded The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (b. 1826)
• 1905 » Antonio Annetto Caruana, Maltese archaeologist and author (b. 1830)
• 1927 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1927 » Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
• 1961 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
• April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
• June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
• September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
• November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

The temperature on March 3, 1916 was between 0.5 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.