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• Antje Hoekstra, Dokkum, Friesland, Nederland († 1982)
• Antonius Henricus Maria van Stokkum, Tidoardje (Indonesië) († 1966)
• Adriaantje Hoogendoorn, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Adrianus Van Doorn, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Agnes M Van Schiak, Ohio, United States († 2004)
• Aartje Versteeg, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Hal, Liempde († 1916)
• Anna Neeltje Bramsen, Waarde († 1994)
• Adriana Weeling, Amsterdam († 1985)
• Agatha Elizabeth Venderbos, Gorinchem († 2004)

• Antonia Schotpoort (78), Brummen
• Aafke Stollenga (82), Zuidwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Antonia BAARS (79), Rijswijk
• Arend Hijner (49), 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland
• Adolf Teunissen (46), Arnhem, Gemeente Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andreas Stolk (76), Haarlemmermeer N.H
• Anna van Van Seeters (26), Gemeente Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf TEUNISSEN (46), Arnhem (Gelderland, The Netherlands)
• Aleida Hollak (83), Dalfsen
• Alfons Albert Baptist (0), 3550 Zolder, Limburg, BE

• 1911 » Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricketer († 1990)
• 1913 » Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, actress, and author († 1965)
• 1916 » John Kundla, American basketball player and coach († 2017)
• 1917 » João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist († 1990)
• 1918 » Johnny Palmer, American golfer († 2006)
• 1918 » S. V. Ranga Rao, Indian actor, director, and producer († 1974)
• 1919 » Cecil FitzMaurice, 8th Earl of Orkney († 1998)
• 1919 » Gerald W. Thomas, American soldier and academic († 2013)
• 1920 » Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator († 2012)
• 1920 » Paul O'Dea, American baseball player and manager († 1978)

• 1904 » Édouard Beaupré, Canadian giant and strongman (b. 1881)
• 1904 » Theodor Herzl, Austrian journalist and playwright (b. 1860)
• 1908 » Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (b. 1834)
• 1918 » Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1844)
• 1921 » James Mitchel, Irish-American weight thrower (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Gérard de Courcelles, French race car driver
• 1933 » Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian educator and politician, 19th President of Argentina (b. 1852)
• 1935 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded the Citroën Company (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Jacob Schick, American-Canadian captain and businessman, invented the electric razor (b. 1877)

• 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 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
• February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
• 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 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
• September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
• 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.

The temperature on July 3, 1916 was between 7.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.