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• Alfred Joseph Meester, Glenvil, Nebraska († 2004)
• Anna LOON, van, Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Nederland († 2011)
• Anna VAN LOON († 2011)
• Adrianus van der Horst, Schoonhoven († 1974)
• Alistair Winterbottom, Hampstead, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom († 1997)
• Adriana Bonne, Desteldonk († 1991)
• Adrianus van der Walle, Rotterdam († 1918)
• Antonius Hendrikus Thoen, Loosduinen
• Albert Ophoff († 1995)
• Ambrosius Huysmans, Dessel (België) († 1980)

• Adriana Rog (84), Scheveningen
• Cornelis van Wezel (48), Naaldwijk
• Anna Wilhelmina Peinert (62), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Dieuwertje Uileman (67), Den Helder, Nederland
• Atilana Hernández (70), San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México
• Catharinus Kooijman (1), Zuilichem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dingena Stoop (83), Zevenbergen
• Anna Jansen (82), Wehl, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Huijbens (53), Haarlem
• Christina Bernardina Schaareman (1), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1913 » Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield, English soldier and courtier († 1999)
• 1914 » Graeme Bell, Australian pianist and composer († 2012)
• 1914 » James Van Allen, American physicist and philosopher († 2006)
• 1914 » Lída Baarová, Czech-Austrian actress († 2000)
• 1915 » Kiyosi Itô, Japanese mathematician and academic († 2008)
• 1915 » Pedro Reginaldo Lira, Argentinian bishop († 2012)
• 1917 » Jacob Lawrence, American painter and educator († 2000)
• 1917 » John Cornforth, Australian-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1917 » Leonard Cheshire, English captain, pilot, and humanitarian († 1992)
• 1918 » Harold Amos, American microbiologist and academic († 2003)

• 1892 » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist (b. 1807)
• 1893 » Hamilton Fish, American lawyer and politician, 26th United States Secretary of State (b. 1808)
• 1907 » Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Romanian philologist, journalist, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1910 » William Holman Hunt, English painter and soldier (b. 1827)
• 1920 » Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Alfred William Rich, English author and painter (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Frederic Weatherly, English lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, English ornithologist and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Kyōka Izumi, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (b. 1873)
• 1940 » José Félix Estigarribia, Paraguayan soldier and politician, President of Paraguay (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.
• January 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
• January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
• February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
• February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
• February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
• 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 September 7, 1916 was between 7.8 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.