About the day » Tuesday August 1, 1916Calender converter

• ALBERT DERBOVEN, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1983)
• Arie van HILLO, Rotterdam († 1997)
• Agnes Alida Maria van Nierop, Rotterdam († 1991)
• Albert Petrus Pauwels, Voorde († 1917)
• Bartha van der Brink, Hattem (Gld Nederland) († 2005)
• Ate Visser, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1917)
• Alice Agnes de Milliano, Waterlandkerkje († 2000)
• Arentje Sperling, Maassluis, Z.H († 1995)
• Aafje Keesman, Enkhuizen († 2006)
• Aartje Adriana Roelofsen, Renkum (Gelderland)

• Augustina Agatha Maria Kraft (32), Rotterdam
• Abraham Louis Verstraten (18), Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alice VERBRUGGEN (34), Overboelare,9500,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Abel Cazemier (65), Leutingewolde (Roden)
• Adrianus Simons (63), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abel Cazemier (65), Roden
• Aletta van Dijk (84), Utrecht
• Anna Wilhelmina van Dijk (76), Rhenen, Utrecht, NL
• Aeilko Edens (0), Heiligerlee (Scheemda)
• Angelina Thys (59), Herentals

• 1912 » David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia († 1979)
• 1912 » Gego, German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic († 1994)
• 1912 » Henry Jones, American actor († 1999)
• 1914 » Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator († 2015)
• 1914 » J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2002)
• 1914 » Jack Delano, American photographer and composer († 1997)
• 1916 » Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet († 2000)
• 1916 » Fiorenzo Angelini, Italian cardinal († 2014)
• 1918 » T. J. Jemison, American minister and activist († 2013)
• 1919 » Stanley Middleton, English author († 2009)

• 1903 » Calamity Jane, American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
• 1911 » Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1911 » Samuel Arza Davenport, American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
• 1918 » John Riley Banister, American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
• 1920 » Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Indian freedom fighter, lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
• 1921 » T.J. Ryan, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
• 1922 » Donát Bánki, Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
• 1938 » Edmund C. Tarbell, American painter and academic (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Lydia Litvyak, Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)

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 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
• June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
• October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
• November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

The temperature on August 1, 1916 was between 12.5 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.