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• Arie Harteveld, Ede († 1961)
• Anna Maria Petronella Lemmen, Helden († 2008)
• Antonia van Zundert, Etten-Leur († 2005)
• Bastiaan Hartman, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1920)
• Arabella Mae Plender, Boyden, Sioux, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Adrianus Cornelis Bernardus van den Heuvel, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Antonia Schotting, Rotterdam
• Aaltje Gent, Smilde († 1919)
• Bastiaan de Winter, Nisse, Borsele, Zeeland, Nederland († 1988)
• Catharina Johanna van Leeuwen, Alphen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Adrianus Ligtvoet (2), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• (78), Oisterwijk NB NL
• Akke~Hendriks Visser (19), Sondel
• Adriaan Eijkelenboom (2), Sliedrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Melchers (51), Rotterdam
• Ada K Cox (26), Todd, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Moerman (21), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Korteweg (46), Utrecht
• Albertje Lindeman (33), Groningen
• Adriaantje Wolfert (38), Hedel/GL

• 1913 » Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer († 1978)
• 1914 » Claude Renoir, French cinematographer († 1993)
• 1914 » Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor († 1995)
• 1915 » Eddie Heywood, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1916 » Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author († 1994)
• 1919 » I. K. Gujral, Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India († 2012)
• 1920 » Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG († 2013)
• 1920 » Michael Bates, English actor († 1978)
• 1920 » Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect († 2013)
• 1921 » Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress and singer († 2013)

• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• March 12 » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
• July 4 » Bolsheviks kill Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date).
• August 13 » Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
• September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
• November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
• November 7 » Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.

The temperature on December 4, 1918 was between 6.7 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.