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• Alma Lasat, Schore, België
• Aaltje Schilder († 1912)
• Adrana Vuijk Noorland, Oud-Alblas
• Alida Siecker, Leiden
• Andries Johannes Deijs, Hilversum († 1911)
• ADRIANA MARIA VERKADE, NAALDWIJK († 1911)
• Aaltje Trip, Sleen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Schoonoord
• Adriaan HAKSTEEN, Dordrecht († 1999)
• Anna Maria Elstgeest, sassenheim († 1997)
• Anna Elisabeth Nögel, Schwartenberg, Haren (Ems), Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1938)

• Anna Christina Elderink (70), Enschede
• Aleida Hermina Wensink (0), Winterswijk
• Arie van Beelen (0), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Elisabeth Ringlever, Rotterdam (Zh Nederland
• Adriaantje Marbus (71), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Maria Antonia ten Haaf (3), Wehl, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Angelina Bellemans (76), Westerlo 2260, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Arie van Beelen (0), Noordwijk
• Anthonius Johannes Hoogervorst (0), Ter Aar
• Anna Maria Joanna JAEKEN (0), Bree

• 1910 » Gerda Taro, German war photographer († 1937)
• 1910 » James Henry Govier, English painter and illustrator († 1974)
• 1910 » Walter Scharf, American pianist and composer († 2003)
• 1911 » Jackie Ormes, American journalist and cartoonist († 1985)
• 1912 » David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia († 1979)
• 1912 » Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic († 1994)
• 1912 » Henry Jones, American actor († 1999)
• 1914 » Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator († 2015)
• 1914 » J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1914 » Jack Delano, American photographer and composer († 1997)

• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• May 15 » In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
• June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
• September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
• October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
• December 9 » A mine explosion near Briceville, Tennessee, kills 84 miners despite rescue efforts led by the United States Bureau of Mines.
• December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

The temperature on August 1, 1911 was between 15.6 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.