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• Alida Peternella Sudmeijer, Amsterdam († 2009)
• Akke Bos, Utrecht, Nederland († 1983)
• Antonia van Weelden, Anna Paulowna († 2011)
• Adriaan van Dijke, Haarlemmermeer († 1996)
• Agatha Margaretha Seijsener, Noordwijkerhout († 1998)
• Catharina Josephina van de Put, Tilburg († 1991)
• A. J. Dominicus Rossillion, Veulen, België († 1918)
• Andries Mulderij, Hoogeveen († 1988)
• van Holstein († 2010)
• Adriaan van Baalen, Asperen (West Betuwe) (GL) († 1916)

• Aaltjen Mennink (69), Warnsveld
• Angelina Francisca Verdonck (86), Langdorp, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Adriaan van den NIEUWENHUIJZEN (79), Oudenbosch (N-B)
• Albert Visscher * (78), Nijeveen
• Alida van Meeteren (86), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Asveld (33), Liempde
• Albert Visscher (78), Nijeveen
• Alida Maria Lancee (53), Alkmaar
• Alida Maria Johannesdr Lancee (53), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Struyf (16), Haasrode, Bierbeek, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

• 1912 » Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1988)
• 1913 » Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer († 1978)
• 1914 » Claude Renoir, French cinematographer († 1993)
• 1914 » Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor († 1995)
• 1915 » Eddie Heywood, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1916 » Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author († 1994)
• 1919 » I. K. Gujral, Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India († 2012)
• 1920 » Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG († 2013)
• 1920 » Michael Bates, English actor († 1978)
• 1920 » Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect († 2013)

• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)

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.
• February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
• April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
• April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
• August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
• October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
• December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

The temperature on December 4, 1916 was between 0.3 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.