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• Alice Jeanette Huisman, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Aagtje Bak, Broek op Langedijk
• Alphonsus Verspaandonk, Lage Mierde, Nederland († 1987)
• Agnes Hendrika Epskamp, Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1914)
• Alida Poel, Harderwijk
• N.N. Fijneman, Oosterhout († 1914)
• Albert jacobus Gruijs, Zaandam († 1944)
• Adriana Cornelia Maria Versteijnen, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1946)
• Aagje Vermeulen, Rotterdam († 1914)
• Aagje~Klaasd Bak, Broek op L'dijk († 1988)

• Anna Maria van Noort (35), Steenwijk
• Antoon Joseph Reijnders (0), Schinveld, Limburg, Nederland
• Adriaan Klapwijk (0)
• Aaltjen Geerlings (77), Brummen
• Arie Blok (72), Woerden
• Arend SMIT (0), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Huberta Ader- (65), Tilburg, Nederland
• Anna Huberta Ader (65), Gemeente Tilburg Noord-Brabant
• Antoon Piksen (0), Rijssen (Zuna, OV)
• N.N. Fijneman (0), Oosterhout

• 1913 » Bruno Hoffmann, German glass harp player († 1991)
• 1913 » Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer and conductor († 2008)
• 1913 » Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot († 1994)
• 1913 » John N. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General († 1988)
• 1914 » Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author († 1999)
• 1914 » Creighton Abrams, American general († 1974)
• 1914 » Orhan Kemal, Turkish author († 1970)
• 1914 » Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator († 2003)
• 1915 » Al Casey, American guitarist and composer († 2005)
• 1915 » Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author († 1981)

• 1883 » Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
• 1893 » Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
• 1915 » Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1921 » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 » Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
• 1938 » Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (b. 1900)
• 1940 » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1945 » André Tardieu, French journalist and politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
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. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 6.2 million citizens.
• August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
• August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
• August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
• August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
• September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.

The temperature on September 15, 1914 was between 9.0 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.