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• Aaltje Meijers, Dalen, Nederland († 2006)
• Aaltje Meijers, Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2015)
• Albert Arnold Constant Henno, Neerrepen († 2006)
• Bisscheroux, Margraten, Nederland († 1998)
• Antonia Gesiena Blankvoort, Zwollerkerspel († 2000)
• Adriana Carolina Wilhelmina Hesta, Sloten (N-H) († 1995)
• Antonius van der Aa, Borkel, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 1916)
• Baltzer Anderson Deshong, Needmore, Fulton County, Pennsylvania († 1999)
• Adriana Hendrika van Drie, Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Augustinho Schlickmann, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2002)

• Agnes Timmermans (44), Montfort
• Annigje Boer (42), Beilen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Anna Constance Theodorusz (66), Banda Neira, N.I
• Aagje SASSENBURG (73), Ridderkerk, Zuid Holland,Netherlands
• Anke van der Meer (20), Leeuwarden
• Agnes Timmermans (44), Montfort, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Constance Theodorusz (66), Banda Neira, Ambon, Indonesia
• Aaltje Bouwmeester (3), Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Theodorusz (66), Meester Cornelis
• Anskje Douwes Duizendstra (34), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1911 » Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American composer († 2007)
• 1913 » Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist († 2011)
• 1915 » Margaret Walker, American novelist and poet († 1998)
• 1917 » Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador († 2003)
• 1917 » Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer († 2014)
• 1918 » Bob Vanatta, American head basketball coach († 2016)
• 1918 » Jing Shuping, Chinese businessman († 2009)
• 1919 » Jon Pertwee, English actor († 1996)
• 1921 » Adolf von Thadden, German lieutenant and politician († 1996)
• 1921 » Ezzard Charles, American boxer († 1975)

• 1890 » Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (b. 1814)
• 1901 » Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (b. 1827)
• 1913 » Edward Burd Grubb Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Spain (b. 1841)
• 1922 » Cathal Brugha, Irish revolutionary and politician, active in the Easter Rising, Irish War of Independence; first Ceann Comhairle and first President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1874)
• 1925 » Clarence Hudson White, American photographer and educator (b. 1871)
• 1927 » Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Swedish mathematician and academic (b. 1846)
• 1930 » Arthur Conan Doyle, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1932 » Alexander Grin, Russian author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Henry Eyster Jacobs, American theologian and educator (b. 1844)
• 1939 » Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
• June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
• August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
• November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
• December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).

The temperature on July 7, 1916 was between 9.6 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.