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• Antonia de Haas, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Anna Susanna Welhuis, De Lutte († 1971)
• Antonia Adrianus de Haas, Noordwijk-Binnen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Antoinetta Elizabeth Stroosnijder*, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Antonia Adrianus (Toos) de Haas, Noordwijk, Nederland († 1992)
• Abraham Boutkan, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1969)
• Aartje Drost, Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1996)
• Albertus Adrianus Bor, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland-Netherlands († 1988)
• Alle Jelles Hamstra († 1997)
• Antonia Adriana van Grinsven, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)

• Apolonia POULUSSEN (76), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Delphina Heyvaert (66), Aalst
• Charles Edward Maybury (1), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Arend Gritter (1), Sibculo
• Aloijsius Schelle (29), Nieuwkuijk
• Agnes Maria Frederica Sevriens (0), Echt (Koningsbosch)
• Bartje Klarenbeek (61), Utrecht
• Cornelia Francisca 't Hoen (2), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Klarenbeek (61), Utrecht
• Carolus Wilhelmus Johannes van Hoek (2), Rotterdam, Zuid-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)

• 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)
• 1944 » Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)

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.
• February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
• April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
• August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
• August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
• October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
• November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.

The temperature on August 4, 1916 was between 12.4 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.