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• Annanetta Antonia Onderwater († 1970)
• Aaltje Robben, Emmen († 2000)
• Klein Avink, Lichtenvoorde († 1914)
• Alida Cornelia Berbee, Leiden († 2011)
• Aaltje Robben, Barger-Compascuum, Emmen († 2000)
• Alida Helena KORSMAN, Haarlemmermeer
• Andries Köhler, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Bekoij, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Cornelia Berbee, Leiden († 2011)
• annetje elizabeth doets, kwadijk († 1967)

• August HEIRMAN, Bruxelles,1000,Bruxelles,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Bastiaan Dubbeld (61), middelharnis (goeree overflakkee)
• Aaltje Houtsma (78), Horsten,Groningen,Nederland
• Adrianus van Dorst (65), Roosendaal-Nispen
• Anna Brussee (68), Rijnsburg
• Andries van Meeuwen (58), Leerdam, ZH, The Netherlands
• Berthe d'Arthuys de Charnisay (80)
• Adrianus Sannen, Zundert
• Annetje Roseboom (0), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antoon HUIJS (76), 's Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1909 » Eric Davies, South African cricketer and educator († 1976)
• 1909 » Gene Moore, American baseball player († 1978)
• 1909 » Jim Davis, American actor († 1981)
• 1910 » Mother Teresa, Macedonian-Indian nun, missionary, Catholic saint, and Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1911 » Otto Binder, American author and screenwriter († 1974)
• 1914 » Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet († 2008)
• 1914 » Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author and translator († 1984)
• 1915 » Humphrey Searle, English composer and conductor († 1982)
• 1915 » Mohammad Nurul Haque, Bangladeshi († 1998)
• 1918 » Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician († 2020)

• 1878 » Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (b. 1846)
• 1910 » William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
• 1921 » Matthias Erzberger, German publicist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1921 » Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Bîmen Şen, Turkish composer and songwriter (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1945 » Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 » Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1956 » Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)

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. Arie
15. Wilhelmus
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.
• March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
• 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 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.
• November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
• December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.
• December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.

The temperature on August 26, 1914 was between 13.0 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.