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• Alphonsus Maria Antonius Hoogveld, Bemmel († 1984)
• (l.l.) Post, Baarn († 1914)
• Adrianus Antonius Henricus Laurentius van Merrienboer, Oud Gastel, Halderberge, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1948)
• Alida Middag, Capelle a/d/ IJssel († 1914)
• Meerholz, Avereest
• Adrianus Cornelis Thijs, Hoeven
• Agatha Anna Alida Hogenes, Amsterdam
• Adriana Maria Augustijn, Batavia, Java, Indonesia († 2006)
• * Theodora Maria Johanna Driessen, Boxtel
• Anna Jacobs (22.6.4.4), Weert(swartbroek) († 1938)

• Antje Minnes Minnema (76), Akkerwoude (Dantumadeel)
• Carolus Engelbertus Devlamynck (0), Pervijze, Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Aaltjen Abrahams (92), Diepenveen
• Aaltjen Jans Tukker (83), Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltjen Tukker (83), Baarlo (Vollenhove, Ambt)
• Aaltje Jans Tukker (83), Baarlo, Blokzijl, Nederland
• Anna Sibilla Vleugels (42), Geleen
• Cornelia Maria Rosa van Deventer (44), Wateringen
• Antonia Maria Westemeijer (0), Zwolle
• Antje Rikkers (2), Elspeet (Ermelo)

• 1909 » Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader († 1973)
• 1912 » Julia Child, American chef and author († 2004)
• 1912 » Wendy Hiller, English actress († 2003)
• 1914 » Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director († 1996)
• 1915 » Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress († 2002)
• 1916 » Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author († 1989)
• 1917 » Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop († 1980)
• 1917 » Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland († 1999)
• 1919 » Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author († 2007)
• 1919 » Huntz Hall, American actor († 1999)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

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.
• February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
• August 12 » World War I: The Battle of Halen a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
• August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
• October 19 » First World War: The First Battle of Ypres begins.
• October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
• December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

The temperature on August 15, 1914 was between 11.2 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.