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• Arie Trouwborst, Schiedam († 1982)
• Augustinus (agus) Souisa, Hari-Saparua, Nederlands Oost-Indië
• Arie Trouwborst, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• * Johannes Andreas (Joop) Schilder, Heerhugowaard († 1978)
• Anna M. Lamoreaux, Jackson, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania († 1996)
• Alida Kooiman, Cappelle aan de IJssel († 1944)
• Alida Cornelia (Alie) Warmerdam, Gemeente Noordwijkerhout, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Adriana Streef († 2000)
• Adriansu Gerardus van der Werf, Deurne († 1955)
• Antoinetta Zwaantje Sibilla Comello, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1999)

• (Gerrit) Johannes Gerardus van Leeuwen (75), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bartus Swanik (74), Springfield Illinois (USA)
• Cornelis van den Berg (57), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Ebeltje Jans Mulder (77), Leens (De Marne), Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaan Lindhoudt (48), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Wendels (34), Tubbergen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Wendels (33), Tubbergen
• (Jan) Johannes (Jacobusz.) Ouborg (80), Groot-Ammers
• Christopher Cronk (69), Bogantungan, Queensland, Australia
• Andreas Marie Effting (66), Enschede

• 1909 » Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1992)
• 1912 » Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1995)
• 1914 » Doug Wright, English cricketer and coach († 1998)
• 1916 » Bill Lee, American actor and singer († 1980)
• 1916 » Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter († 2005)
• 1917 » Leonid Hurwicz, Russian economist and mathematician († 2008)
• 1918 » Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 2004)
• 1921 » Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic († 2014)
• 1922 » Albert Irvin, English soldier and painter († 2015)
• 1923 » Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2014)

• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)

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.
• April 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
• June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
• June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
• 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 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.

The temperature on August 21, 1916 was between 8.2 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.