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• Andries Hogerheiden, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1945)
• Aart van Zanten, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Anna Maria Martens, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Anna Elisabeth Vranken, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 2001)
• Alzira Toloi, Dourado, São Paulo, Brasil († 1969)
• Agatha Alida Kaandorp, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Abraham Karels Beun, Noordwolde († 1989)
• Aagje Grietje Ariedr Ootjers, Oudkarspel († 1965)
• Alma Alberta Pritchard, Empress, Alberta, Canada († 1997)
• Agatha Alida Kaandorp, Castricum, Nederland († 2008)

• Antonetta van LIEROP, Stratum, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Elizabeth van Noort (36), Rotterdam
• Bastiaan Meijer (0), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus den Dekker (0), Andel
• Annigje Berends Froklage (90), Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Nederland, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonetta Lierop (79), Stratum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cornelia Janssen (79), Rijsbergen, Nederland
• Carel Christiaan Dangremond (77), Bussum, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Antonetta van Lierop (83), Stratum
• Annigjen Berends Vroklage (Frocklage) (82), Oldemarkt, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1912 » Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay († 2006)
• 1915 » Hal Jackson, American journalist and radio host († 2012)
• 1917 » Annapurna Maharana, Indian activist († 2012)
• 1918 » Bob Feller, American sailor, baseball player, and sportscaster († 2010)
• 1918 » Claude Barma, French director, producer, and screenwriter († 1992)
• 1918 » Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general († 2007)
• 1918 » Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician († 2003)
• 1919 » Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator († 1995)
• 1919 » Květa Legátová, Czech author († 2012)
• 1919 » Ludovic Kennedy, Scottish journalist and author († 2009)

• 1891 » Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813)
• 1900 » Carrie Steele Logan, American philanthropist, founder of the oldest black orphanage in the United States (b. ~1829)
• 1914 » Georg Trakl, Austrian-Polish pharmacist and poet (b. 1887)
• 1917 » Léon Bloy, French author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1918 » Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1857)
• 1926 » Annie Oakley, American entertainer and target shooter (b. 1860)
• 1927 » Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist and author (b. 1860)
• 1929 » Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1883)
• 1933 » Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1853)
• 1939 » Charles Tournemire, French organist and composer (b. 1870)

• 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 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
• February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
• May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
• 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 November 3, 1916 was between 3.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.