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• Albert Eduard TRUYMAN, Zwijndrecht († 2002)
• Andries Gobes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Gatze Tjalsma, Burgwerd († 1983)
• Andries Gobes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Adriana Maria Jutte, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Aaldrik Vos, Garrelsweer
• Aleida Geertruida van Noord, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1925)
• Adrianus Cornelius Marinus de Kok, Tilburg († 1995)
• Middendorp
• Alida Maria De Baene, Oedelem (B), België († 1970)

• Adriana Johanna Kerkhof (1), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• "Kaspar" Melchior Balthasar von Loë (79), Cappeln, Allemagne
• Adriaantje van der Steen (21), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Kole (76), Schore en Vlake, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana den Hertog (53)
• Adriana Kole (76), Schore
• Antonius van Ravenzwaaij (0), Apeldoorn
• Adriaan van Dun (74), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida van Droogenbroek (79), Jutphaas
• Anje Jacobs Huizinga (82), Zuidwolde

• 1910 » Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur († 1975)
• 1911 » Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1911 » Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author († 1983)
• 1914 » Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1915 » Cy Walter, American pianist († 1968)
• 1916 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman († 1985)
• 1916 » Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician († 1999)
• 1916 » M. S. Subbulakshmi, an Indian Carnatic vocalist († 2004)
• 1916 » Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Haitian writer († 1973)
• 1916 » Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis († 1978)

• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)
• 1932 » Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)

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.
• April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
• June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
• August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
• August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
• November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
• November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.

The temperature on September 16, 1914 was between 6.9 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.