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• Arie Kools, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Berendina Maria Geertruida (Hubert Theodor Görtz) Peters, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1998)
• Albertus Alphonsus TUERLINCKX, Rillaar Vlaams Brabant * († 1995)
• Berend Jonker, Doezum († 2006)
• Albertje Wallet, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1995)
• Aaltje Verbeek, Blija († 2012)
• Armando Correa, Oranjestad, Aruba († 1991)
• Anna Martha Cremers, Eijgelshoven († 1917)
• Adriana van de Weijer, Sint-Oedenrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Martina van Gelder, Oss († 1991)

• Anna Catharina Pelagia Ferdinand (31), Wezembeek, 1970, België
• Catharina Margaretha WENDORF (91), Burg/Fehmarn (DE)
• Barend Oosterbeek (78), Doorn, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Jansen (82), Emmer-compascuum
• Alphons DIEDEREN (4), Eijgelshoven, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Martinus Mermans (7), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Wijnandus Deltenre (0)
• Adeline Adelaide Troislouche (85), Merville, Nord, Hauts-de-France, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Roelofs Posthuma
• Catharina Maria Bethe (45), Schiedam

• 1912 » June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer († 2010)
• 1912 » Stylianos Pattakos, Greek general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece († 2016)
• 1913 » Lou Ambers, American boxer († 1995)
• 1914 » Norman Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer
• 1918 » Hermann Zapf, German typographer and calligrapher († 2015)
• 1918 » Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier († 1999)
• 1919 » James S. Ackerman, American historian and academic († 2016)
• 1920 » Esther Rolle, American actress († 1998)
• 1920 » Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal († 2012)
• 1920 » Sitara Devi, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer († 2014)

• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)

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. Geertruida
14. Grietje
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.
• January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
• February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
• April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
• August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
• August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
• October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.

The temperature on November 8, 1916 was between 5.4 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.