About the day » Wednesday September 16, 1914Calender converter

• Annie Koster, Schiedam († 1991)
• Albert Naert, Egem († 1992)
• Andre Benjamin Blogg, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Anna Johanna van den Berg, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Andries Gobes, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1944)
• Alida Maria De Baene, Oedelem (B), België († 1970)
• Adriana Maria Jutte, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Antje Andries Eizinga, Zevenhuizen († 1998)
• Abel Roelf Kars, Oude Pekela († 2003)
• Anna Cornelia van Beek († 1914)

• Jansje de Boer (28), Brummen
• AUGUSTINUS JOHANNES VAN DEN BRANDEN (0), HULST,ZEELAND,NEDERLAND
• Arnoldus Joseph Lochtmans (0), Gilze en Rijen
• Aaltina Lichtendonk (0), Smilde
• adriana maria antonissen (35), rucphen
• Antonie Snoeren (0), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Kerkhof (1), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anje Jacobs Huizinga (82), Zuidwolde
• Adrianus Cornelis Jozephus Kolen (0), Tilburg
• Alida van Droogenbroek (79), Jutphaas

• 1910 » Erich Kempka, German colonel and chauffeur († 1975)
• 1911 » Paul Henning, American screenwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1911 » Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author († 1983)
• 1914 » Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1915 » Cy Walter, American pianist († 1968)
• 1916 » Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman († 1985)
• 1916 » Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian cricketer, umpire, and politician († 1999)
• 1916 » M. S. Subbulakshmi, an Indian Carnatic vocalist († 2004)
• 1916 » Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Haitian writer († 1973)
• 1916 » Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, Caribbean politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis († 1978)

• 1896 » Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
• 1896 » Pavlos Kalligas, Greek jurist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1814)
• 1898 » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican surgeon and politician (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Edward Whymper, English-French mountaineer, explorer, and author (b. 1840)
• 1914 » C. X. Larrabee, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (b. 1888)
• 1925 » Leo Fall, Czech-Austrian composer (b. 1873)
• 1931 » Omar Mukhtar, Libyan theorist and educator (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Millicent Lilian "Peg" Entwistle, British stage and screen actress (b. 1908)
• 1932 » Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)

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. Adriana
9. Catharina
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.
• April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
• 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 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
• August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
• September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
• November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

The temperature on September 16, 1914 was between 6.9 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.