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• Antoni Muller, Amsterdam († 1977)
• Adrianus van Geffen, Schijndel († 1953)
• Aldegonda Johanna Verstappen, Reuver († 1992)
• Abraham Adrianus Arends, Zaandam († 1974)
• Antonius Simon Hendriks, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1981)
• Adrianus Albertus Bordes, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Ramakers, Hoepertingen, België († 1917)
• Adrianus Marinus van Hees, Dordrecht (ZH, NLD) († 1991)
• Barend Dirk Okhuijsen, Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1997)
• Roelofs Aizes van den Berg, Alphen aan de Rijn († 1987)

• Cornelia KNOOP (16), Dodewaard
• Dirk van Gaalen (70), Loosduinen, Nederland
• Barbara Klarenbeek (61), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Dirkje Sonneveld (4), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Henriette Nicolai (74), Sint-Truiden, België
• Dirk van Pelt (40), Ridderkerk
• Atonia Sophia Bombelt (80), Nijkerk
• Adriana van Velsen (77), Nieuwer-Amstel
• Dirk van Gaalen (70), Loosduinen
• Landmeter (0), Vlissingen

• 1913 » Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium († 2005)
• 1913 » Mickey Cohen, American mob boss († 1976)
• 1913 » Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author († 2015)
• 1913 » Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1982)
• 1913 » Victor Kiernan, English historian and academic († 2009)
• 1914 » Rudolf Leiding, German businessman († 2003)
• 1917 » Henry Ford II, American businessman († 1987)
• 1918 » Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer († 2014)
• 1918 » Paul Harvey, American radio host († 2009)
• 1919 » Howard Morris, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2005)

• 1864 » John Hunt Morgan, American general (b. 1825)
• 1907 » Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1843)
• 1909 » Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (b. 1865)
• 1911 » John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (b. 1854)
• 1914 » Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1940 » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Erich Fellgiebel, German general (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (b. 1886)
• 1965 » Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1974 » Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)

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. Geertruida
14. Grietje
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.
• 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.
• 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.
• July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
• August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
• August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
• December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

The temperature on September 4, 1916 was between 10.0 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.