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• Aafke Trijntje Wibbens, Adorp († 2020)
• Christian Stadtlander, Mountain Lake, Cottonwood, Minnesota, United States († 1989)
• Anthonie van Spronsen, Monster († 1977)
• Albertus Klingenberg, Den Velde († 2003)
• Arie Lengton, Dordrecht († 2011)
• Catharina Adriana van der Knaap, Poeldijk († 2009)
• Adrianus Cornelis van den Bogaert, Bergeijk († 1936)
• Catharina Roepert, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Anne Uiltjes Woudstra († 2008)
• Aleida Hendrika Groote Wassink, Hengelo (Gld.) († 1993)

• Bessel van de Wal (62), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Hendricus van Mierlo (0), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Mast (69)
• Anna Maria Doise (1), Poitiers France
• Adelaide Hynica (86)
• van der Ploeg (0), Alkemade, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bessel van de Wall (62), Kamerik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Bastiaan Bax (33), 'S-Gravendeel
• Antonetta Martina FONTEIN (77), Wageningen
• Aletta Margaretha Bionda (72), Utrecht

• 1913 » Vance Trimble, American journalist and author
• 1914 » Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist († 2005)
• 1914 » Vince McMahon Sr., American wrestling promoter, founded WWE († 1984)
• 1915 » Leonard Birchall, Royal Canadian Air Force pilot († 2004)
• 1916 » Don R. Christensen, American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, writer and inventor († 2006)
• 1916 » Harold Norse, American poet and author († 2009)
• 1917 » Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach († 2004)
• 1918 » Francisco Moncion, Dominican-American ballet dancer, charter member of the New York City Ballet (d.1995)
• 1918 » Herm Fuetsch, American professional basketball player († 2010)
• 1918 » Sebastian Cabot, English-Canadian actor († 1977)

• 1893 » Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1850)
• 1901 » Chlodwig Carl Viktor, German prince and chancellor (b. 1819)
• 1902 » Maria Goretti, Italian martyr and saint (b. 1890)
• 1904 » Abai Qunanbaiuly, Kazakh poet and philosopher (b. 1845)
• 1907 » August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein, German linguist and theologian (b. 1826)
• 1916 » Odilon Redon, French painter and illustrator (b. 1840)
• 1918 » Wilhelm von Mirbach, German diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1922 » Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian nun and missionary (b. 1863)
• 1932 » Kenneth Grahame, Scottish-English author (b. 1859)
• 1934 » Nestor Makhno, Ukrainian commander (b. 1888)

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.
• March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
• June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
• August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
• November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

The temperature on July 6, 1916 was between 11.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.