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• Ate Hamstra, Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1989)
• Avert S. Kiburz, School District 25, Musselshell County, Montana († 1998)
• Aaltje van Gunst, Oldemarkt († 1977)
• "Yolande" Marie Fitz-Gerald, Dinan, Côtes-d'Armor, France († 2011)
• Aalt van Ark, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aloijsia Catharina de Jong, Baarle-Nassau († 2001)
• Anna Sibbeling Rodenburg († 1995)
• Archie Douglas YOUNG, Fremont, Wayne County, Utah, United States of America († 1970)
• Adrianus Schilders, Breda († 2003)
• den Hartog, Culemborg (GL) († 1916)

• Barbara Theresia Maesen (81), Contres, Loir-et-Cher
• Adrianus Stuivenberg (0), Leerdam
• Casper Bullee (19), Utrecht
• Andries Beukhof (86), Maarssen
• Alexeï Alexandrovich Stenbock-Fermor (80), Ouchy, Suisse
• Bouwe Otten (64), Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aart Ouweleen (94), Overschie, ZH, Nederland
• Bouwe Dirksz Olij (77), Landsmeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Gerardina Geeven (1), Eindhoven
• Antonia Broos (75), Nieuw Vossemeer, N-Br, NL

• 1910 » Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach († 2002)
• 1913 » Martial Célestin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti († 2011)
• 1914 » Brendan Gill, American journalist and essayist († 1997)
• 1914 » Jim Cairns, Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia († 2003)
• 1916 » George Sidney, American director and producer († 2002)
• 1916 » Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host († 2006)
• 1916 » Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2009)
• 1917 » Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1967)
• 1918 » Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1921 » Stella Pevsner, American children's author († 2020)

• 1890 » Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1903 » Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)
• 1904 » Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
• 1904 » Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)
• 1910 » Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Jean Béraud, French painter and academic (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano, actress, and director (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
• 1944 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)

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 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
• March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
• June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
• July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
• December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

The temperature on October 4, 1916 was between 12.3 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.