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• Andreas Petrus van Overmeeren, Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Overgoor, SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Anna Helena Jacba van Egmond│dsluis, Rijnsburg
• Adriaan Groot, Alkmaar († 1935)
• Adrianus Cornelis van Hal, roosendaal
• anna helena van egmond, rijnsburg
• Adrianus Tigler Wybrandi, `s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Hagenaars, Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Alida Cornelia HERTEL, Amsterdam († 1992)
• Abner H. GILMORE, Winfield, Winn, Louisiana, United States († 1971)

• Antonius Hermanus Fermans (37), As
• Areke van Aalsburg (83), Zaltbommel
• Anton George Theodoor Beemer (22), Batavia, Java, Indonesië
• Antonij Koopman (79), Holten
• Alida Irma Maria VERMEERSCH (36), Torhout Belgie
• Baukje Roelofs Span (70), Cornjum
• Aaltje van de Bovenkamp (0), Lonneker, Overijssel, Nederland
• Areke Aalsburg (83), zaltbommel (gelderland)
• Aleida Holtkamp (84), Lonneker
• Anna Maria van der Velden (71), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1911 » Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader († 1970)
• 1911 » Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1913 » Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer († 2012)
• 1913 » Helen Levitt, American photographer and cinematographer († 2009)
• 1914 » Richard Basehart, American actor († 1984)
• 1915 » Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach († 2008)
• 1916 » Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author († 2010)
• 1916 » Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach († 2011)
• 1916 » John S. Wold, American geologist and politician († 2017)
• 1918 » Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer († 1986)

• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)

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.
• 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.
• July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
• July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
• August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
• August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
• November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

The temperature on August 31, 1914 was between 11.3 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.