About the day » Saturday July 11, 1914Calender converter

• Anna Angela Siemers, Ter Apelkanaal, Westerwolde, Groningen, Nederland († 1915)
• Adriana Elisabeth de Wolff, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Maria Louise Scheepers, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Boes, Stad Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland († 1987)
• Anna Meijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (levenloze) van der Tuin, Oudeschoot, Schoterland,, Friesland, Nederland († 1914)
• Anna Hendrika Verbeek, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alphonse Joseph Breesch, Sint-Truiden, België († 1918)
• Adriana Schouten, Berlicum († 2012)
• Adrianus Wouters, Gilze en Rijen († 1914)

• Antonius Johannes Cornelis Louwers (0), Valkenswaard
• (levenloze) van der Tuin (0), Oudeschoot, Schoterland,, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart Jan Swets (76), Werkendam Nbr. NL
• Alle Jans Cuperus (61)
• Arnoldus Tops (53), Vessem, Wintelre en Knegsel
• Andreas Gerrit Nieuwind (54), Weesperkarspel
• Alard de la Roche-Aymon (68), Paris, 75056, France
• Andreas Brouns (72), Klimmen, Limburg, Nederland
• Alida Streeder (63), den haag
• Arie Rietveld (66), Numansdorp

• 1912 » Peta Taylor, English cricketer († 1989)
• 1912 » Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer († 1996)
• 1912 » William F. Walsh, American captain and politician, 48th Mayor of Syracuse († 2011)
• 1913 » Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic († 1966)
• 1913 » Paul Gibb, English cricketer († 1977)
• 1916 » Alexander Prokhorov, Australian-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2002)
• 1916 » Gough Whitlam, Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia († 2014)
• 1916 » Hans Maier, Dutch water polo player († 2018)
• 1916 » Mortimer Caplin, American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner († 2019)
• 1916 » Reg Varney, English actor and screenwriter († 2008)

• 1897 » Patrick Jennings, Irish-Australian politician, 11th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1831)
• 1905 » Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian jurist and scholar (b. 1849)
• 1908 » Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (b. 1876)
• 1909 » Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)

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.
• January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
• March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
• June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
• 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 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
• September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.

The temperature on July 11, 1914 was between 13.0 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.