About the day » Sunday August 9, 1914Calender converter

• Alastair Arthur WINDSOR, 54 Mount Street, Mayfair, Middlesex († 1943)
• Alastair Arthur Windsor , Duke of Connaught, London († 1943)
• Adriana Maria Sophia Stoop, Beveren-Waas, Belgie († 1994)
• Adde Drewe Woest, Groningen († 1972)
• Aafje Langedijk, Enkhuizen († 2009)
• Aalbert Klompenhouwer, Rotterdam († 1920)
• Adriana van Osch, Boxtel
• Alfons FLOREN († 2000)
• Albertus Jacobus Buis, Deurne, Nederland († 1915)
• Alistair Arthur Hertogin Van Connaught, London (Middlesex) England († 1943)

• Bernard s'Jacob (34), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Bonaventure Wiggers (47), Hoepertingen, België
• Berend Jan Sterken (72)
• Aaltje van der Scheer (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonie Leontine Marie, Gräfin von Khevenhüller-Metsch (71), Strobl, Salzburg, Austria
• Betsey RAINBOW (79), Arlesey, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
• Álvaro Agostinho Rossauro de Almeida (48), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Charlotte Louize Elisabeth Du Bois (88), N.I. Batavia
• Clara Meerten (0), Sint Pieter
• Alphonse Germain CASTELEIN (0), Emelgem

• 1911 » Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer († 2001)
• 1911 » John McQuade, Northern Irish soldier, boxer, and politician († 1984)
• 1911 » William Alfred Fowler, American astronomer and astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate († 1996)
• 1913 » Wilbur Norman Christiansen, Australian astronomer and engineer († 2007)
• 1914 » Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and director († 1963)
• 1914 » Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager († 1990)
• 1914 » Tove Jansson, Finnish author and illustrator († 2001)
• 1915 » Mareta West, American astronomer and geologist († 1998)
• 1918 » Giles Cooper, Irish soldier and playwright († 1966)
• 1918 » Kermit Beahan, American colonel († 1989)

• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)

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.
• March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
• April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
• August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
• September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
• October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
• December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

The temperature on August 9, 1914 was between 14.6 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.