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• Anna Tijsen, Oosterland († 2003)
• Anna Servatia de Kievit, Heeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Anna de Ruijter, Zesgehuchten († 1990)
• Anna van Veen († 2006)
• Antonius te Wierikke, Zwolle/OIJ († 1994)
• van der Heijden, Sint-Oedenrode, Nbr.NL († 1985)
• Agatha Maria Johanna Staal, Hoogland († 1971)
• Alexander Prins, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Aagtje de Haan, ,, Kooten, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Netherlands († 2008)
• Age Jans van der Meer († 2005)

• Alwyn Bramley-moore (38)
• Amanda Louemma Clevenger (49)
• Antonius Martinus Jozef van den Oever (0), Sambeek
• Aagje van Halen (68), Barwoutswaarder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Nicolaas Verreijt (38), Nieuwkuijk
• Anna Barbara Kiggen (63), Rotterdam
• Antonia Verhoeven (75), Sint-Oedenrode
• Alida Maria Huisinga (0), Groningen, Nederland
• Anne Wolters (61), Emmen
• Aaltje Reiling (38), Nieuwe Pekela

• 1913 » Dave Brown, Australian rugby league player († 1974)
• 1913 » Rosemary Lane, American actress and singer († 1974)
• 1914 » David W. Goodall, Australian ecologist and botanist († 2018)
• 1914 » Marguerite Duras, French novelist, screenwriter, and director († 1996)
• 1914 » Richard Coogan, American actor († 2014)
• 1915 » Louis Archambault, Canadian sculptor († 2003)
• 1916 » David White, American actor († 1990)
• 1916 » Mickey Owen, American baseball player and coach († 2005)
• 1916 » Nikola Ljubičić, Serbian general and politician, 10th President of Serbia († 2005)
• 1918 » George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, English soldier and politician, Leader of the House of Lords († 2007)

• 1912 » Charles Brantley Aycock, American lawyer and politician, 50th Governor of North Carolina (b. 1859)
• 1912 » Isaac K. Funk, American minister, lexicographer, and publisher, co-founded Funk & Wagnalls (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1908)
• 1919 » William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (b. 1832)
• 1923 » John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher, created the Venn diagram (b. 1834)
• 1929 » Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (b. 1844)
• 1931 » André Michelin, French businessman, co-founded the Michelin Tyre Company (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Elizabeth Bacon Custer, American author and educator (b. 1842)
• 1941 » Emine Nazikedâ Kadınefendi, the first wife and chief consort of Sultan Mehmed VI (b. 1866)

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.
• May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
• June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
• July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
• August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
• September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
• September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.

The temperature on April 4, 1916 was between 1.6 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.