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• Alberta Jansen, Kellogg, Jasper County, Iowa († 2006)
• Ada W... NIEUWSMA, Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1978)
• Argo Vestal Peek, Peek, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Arie Bos, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1973)
• Adrianus Bekker, Noord-Scharwoude, Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Strien, Raamsdonk († 2009)
• Antje Pieters, Eestrum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1983)
• Antje Pieters, Eestrum, Nederland († 1983)
• Anna Peperkamp, Afferden (gemeente Druten) († 1992)
• Alexandrine Marie Josèphe NOE, Bours(62)... Hauts de France († 1997)

• Abraham Kraai (68), Groningen
• Albert Ras (74), Urk
• (l.l.) Post (0), Het Bildt
• Adriana Both (74), nieuwerkerk aan den ijssel (zuid holland
• Anna Cornelia Lambregts (74), Zundert, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Lambreghts (74), Zundert (NL)
• Adriana Stolk (77), Brielle
• Antonie Jacob Legemate (0), Serooskerke (Schouwen)
• Alberdina Smit (0), Groningen
• Arend Schutte (63), Almen

• 1914 » Barbara Newhall Follett, American author († 1939)
• 1914 » Ward Kimball, American animator, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1915 » Carlos Surinach, Spanish-Catalan composer and conductor († 1997)
• 1915 » Frank Sleeman, Australian lieutenant and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane († 2000)
• 1915 » László Csatáry, Hungarian art dealer († 2013)
• 1916 » Ernest Titterton, British Australian nuclear physicist († 1990)
• 1916 » Giorgio Bassani, Italian author and poet († 2000)
• 1916 » Hans Eysenck, German-English psychologist and theorist († 1997)
• 1916 » William Alland, American actor, director, and producer († 1997)
• 1917 » Clyde McCullough, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1982)

• 1903 » Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English author (b. 1834)
• 1906 » John Schofield, American general and politician, 28th United States Secretary of War (b. 1831)
• 1915 » William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (b. 1856)
• 1916 » Franz Marc, German painter (b. 1880)
• 1925 » James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
• 1925 » John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (b. 1854)
• 1927 » Ira Remsen, American chemist and academic (b. 1846)
• 1938 » George Foster Peabody, American banker and philanthropist (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)

• 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.
• March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
• April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
• June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
• August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
• September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.

The temperature on March 4, 1916 was between -1.6 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north.