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• Albertus Gustaaf Mas, Alken, België († 1993)
• Andreas Josephus Volmer, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Albert uit de Bulten, Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1919)
• Adriana Maria van der Raad, Noordwijk († 2001)
• Anna Wilhelmina van Bemmel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Elkerbout († 1992)
• Anna van Roessel, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1928)
• Huisman, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• "Thérèse" Henriette Marie Diane Céline Odette de Polignac, Paris († 2014)
• ? Anninga, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1916)

• Ate Delfstra (64), Dantumawoude
• Annigje Visscher (80), Beilen
• Artje Wilhelmina Spee (0), Buurmalsen
• Antonius Gerardus den Biggelaar (47), Zevenbergen, Noord Brabant
• Anna Maria Neuzer (43), Venlo
• Adrianus Johannes de Rijk (0), Oldenzaal
• Albert Holtkamp (13), Giethoorn
• ? Anninga (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• (3GG) Faustino Ruiz de Esparza y Garcia (84), Zacatecas, Zacatecas, México
• Alida Minnee (74), Edam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1912 » Byron Nelson, American golfer and sportscaster († 2006)
• 1912 » Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor († 1993)
• 1912 » Ola Skjåk Bræk, Norwegian banker and politician, Norwegian Minister of Industry († 1999)
• 1913 » Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist († 2005)
• 1914 » Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author and publisher († 1980)
• 1915 » Norman Wisdom, English singer-songwriter and actor († 2010)
• 1915 » William Talman, American actor and screenwriter († 1968)
• 1917 » Yahya Khan, Pakistan general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan († 1980)
• 1918 » Ida Lupino, English-American actress and director († 1995)
• 1918 » Luigi Pareyson, Italian philosopher and author († 1991)

• 1891 » Pelagio Antonio de Labastida y Dávalos, Roman Catholic archbishop and Mexican politician who served as regent during the Second Mexican Empire (1863-1864) (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)

• 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 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
• March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
• April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
• May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
• June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
• October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

The temperature on February 4, 1916 was between 5.4 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.