About the day » Thursday August 3, 1916Calender converter

• Alida Willems Vaartjes, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Pieters, Zandvoort, Drenthe, Nederland († 1916)
• Anna Fraterman, Den Haag († 1936)
• Andries (Dries) van Gelder, Lochem († 1942)
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Jacoba Dunselman, Amsterdam († 1993)
• Alida Vaartjes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 2011)
• Antje Bregtje Kostelijk, Heerhugowaard († 1989)
• Agatha Clara Matthes, Breukelen, Utrecht, Nederland († 1977)
• Albert Adriaan Louisa Leyten, Antwerpen (Antwerpen, BEL) († 1916)
• Alfred Joseph Mendez Sr., Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, United States of America († 2001)

• Anna Maria Gerarda van den Hamer (41), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Motten (60), Maastricht
• Aaltje van de Vegte (76), Mastenbroek, Overijssel, Nederland
• Albertje Corba (2), Hoogeveen
• Arend Wilmauris van der Tas (64), Oegstgeest
• Agnes Antonia Deckers (71), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie MONSTER (78), 's-Gravendeel
• Antje Steen (63), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Helena Motten (60), Maastricht (NL)
• Oerlemans (42), Gemeente Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1912 » Fritz Hellwig, German politician († 2017)
• 1913 » Mel Tolkin, Ukrainian-American screenwriter and producer († 2007)
• 1916 » José Manuel Moreno, Argentinian footballer and manager († 1978)
• 1916 » Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and songwriter († 1970)
• 1917 » Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader († 1995)
• 1918 » Eddie Jefferson, American singer-songwriter († 1979)
• 1918 » James MacGregor Burns, American historian, political scientist, and author († 2014)
• 1918 » Larry Haines, American actor († 2008)
• 1918 » Sidney Gottlieb, American chemist and theorist († 1999)
• 1920 » Norman Dewis, English test driver and engineer († 2019)

• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
• 1929 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)

• 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.
• April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
• May 6 » Twenty-one Lebanese nationalists are executed in Martyrs' Square, Beirut by Djemal Pasha.
• July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
• August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
• September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
• December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

The temperature on August 3, 1916 was between 10.6 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.