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• Alida Van Eck († 2008)
• Anna Niesje van Rinsum († 1995)
• Anna Geertruida Scholte Albers, Tweede Valthermond, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antoon de Koning
• Aaltje Johanna Feenstra, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 2018)
• Aaltje Mulder, Houwerzijl (Ulrum) († 2014)
• Berend Jan Overdijk, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2001)
• Aaltje van de Bult *, Steenwijkerwold († 1919)
• Anna Maria (Mia) VROMEN, Brunssum (NL/LI) († 1992)
• Agnes Steenaart, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 2008)

• Anna Catharina Oosterloo (68), Vrijenban (Delft), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Aalst (85), Tiel
• Anna Helena van Groll (87), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Francina Van Tuil (41), Zutphen
• Aaldert Hekhuis (73), Emmen
• Alida Hendriks Meijners (65), gem.Weststellingwerf
• Andries Bouman (89), Oud-Beijerland
• Adriana Cornelia Kouwenberg (67), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Aalst (85), Tiel
• Adriana Francina van Tuil (41), Zutphen

• 1914 » Alec Guinness, English actor († 2000)
• 1919 » Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier († 1981)
• 1920 » Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant († 2004)
• 1920 » Jack Stokes, English animator and director († 2013)
• 1920 » Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1982)
• 1922 » John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State († 2015)
• 1923 » G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author († 2016)
• 1923 » Gloria Henry, American actress
• 1923 » Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager († 2015)
• 1924 » Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player († 2004)

• 1894 » Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1803)
• 1896 » Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1914 » Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 » Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
• 1923 » Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
• 1928 » Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 » Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1933 » Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Gerardus
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Albert
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
16. Alida

• 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 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 6.7 million citizens.
• April 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
• May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
• June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
• July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
• November 7 » The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in 23 U.S. cities.
• November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)

The temperature on April 2, 1919 was between -3.6 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.