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• Valkenburg, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel († 1916)
• Addison Eugene Snow, Florida († 1997)
• Adriana Petronella Elisabeth de Brabander, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Tieben, Sellingerbeetse gem. Vlagtwedde
• Albert Pieter van Biezen, Leiden († 1974)
• Albert Pieter van Biezen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1974)
• Adrianus Cornelis van den Brink, Hilversum († 1945)
• Annie Need, Hillegom († 2006)
• Aaltje Hijma, ferwerd († 2000)
• Annie Need, Hillegom, Nederland († 2006)

• Aant PALSTRA (0), Bolsward(Friesland)
• Augustus Gordijn (86), Hulst
• Albert William Gerstenschlager (40), Bad Axe, Huron, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna C Nuijten (76), Bergen op Zoom,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Albertus van der Schot (1), Diemen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus STUIJTS (76), Ossendrecht (N.Br. Nl)
• Anton Beijen (63), Pernis
• Anna Cornelia Nuijten (76), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ADRIAAN MAARLEVELD (37), ROTTERDAM
• Anna Cornelia Nuijten (76), Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1914 » Erich Topp, German admiral († 2005)
• 1914 » Ethelreda Leopold, American actress († 1988)
• 1914 » Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator († 2004)
• 1914 » Mário Schenberg, Brazilian physicist and engineer († 1990)
• 1915 » Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British peer, politician and soldier († 2014)
• 1916 » Hans-Ulrich Rudel, German colonel and pilot († 1982)
• 1916 » Ken Curtis, American actor and singer († 1991)
• 1916 » Reino Kangasmäki, Finnish wrestler († 2010)
• 1916 » Zélia Gattai, Brazilian author and photographer († 2008)
• 1917 » Leonard J. Arrington, American author and academic, founded the Mormon History Association († 1999)

• 1903 » Ed Delahanty, American baseball player (b. 1867)
• 1912 » Tom Richardson, English cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1914 » Joseph Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (b. 1836)
• 1915 » Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (b. 1830)
• 1920 » William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (b. 1846)
• 1926 » Émile Coué, French psychologist and pharmacist (b. 1857)
• 1929 » Gladys Brockwell, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Manuel II of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (b. 1872)
• 1955 » Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)

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.
• January 10 » World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
• April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
• June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
• July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
• November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

The temperature on July 2, 1916 was between 8.7 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.