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• Anje Harmine (Annie) Bosker, Wirdum gem. Loppersum († 2012)
• Adrianus Cornelis Josephus Kolen, Tilburg († 1993)
• Adriana Petronella Loijens, Princenhage († 1918)
• Adriaantje den Hollander, Hillegersberg († 2013)
• Agatha van Koert, Den Haag († 2010)
• Adriana Zeelenberg, Overschie, Nederland († 1918)
• Adolf Kloek, Amsterdam († 2012)
• Albert Henry Atkinson, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 1990)
• Albert Drogt, Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Akke Meesters, Goënga, Friesland, Nederland († 2010)

• Aaltje Robijn (47)
• Aafke Tonckens (45), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonie Epskamp (32), Breukelen(Nijenrode), Utrecht, Nederland
• Carolus Isidorus Hoefkens (17), Herenthout
• Antje Jilles Tjoelker (78), Kooten
• Clasina Bleijerveld (69), Driebergen,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aria Margaretha van Leeuwen (67), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• arie * versloot * (75), zwammerdam
• Catharina (Trijntje) Ooijevaar (61), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina JAGER (4), Muntendam, Groningen, Nederland

• 1911 » Bernard Mammes, American cyclist and sergeant († 2000)
• 1913 » Alan Ladd, American actor and producer († 1964)
• 1914 » Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington († 1994)
• 1915 » Knut Nystedt, Norwegian organist and composer († 2014)
• 1915 » Memphis Slim, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1988)
• 1916 » Eddie Stanky, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1999)
• 1918 » Helen Wagner, American actress († 2010)
• 1919 » Phil Stern, American soldier and photographer († 2014)
• 1920 » Tereska Torrès, French soldier and author († 2012)
• 1921 » John Aston Sr., English footballer († 2003)

• 1886 » William W. Snow, American lawyer and politician (b. 1812)
• 1893 » James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer, journalist, and politician (b. 1816)
• 1906 » Mihály Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Albéric Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1929 » John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician (b. 1840)
• 1936 » Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876)
• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)

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. Grietje
14. Geertruida
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 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
• June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
• August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
• September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
• November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.
• November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.

The temperature on September 3, 1916 was between 12.0 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.