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• Carolus Johannes Barth, 's-Gravendeel, South Holland, Netherlands († 2006)
• Ann Marguerite Spalink, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan († 1982)
• Carel Oude Stegge, Oldenzaal († 1943)
• Anna JAGER, Ruinen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2003)
• Anna Maria Bronneberg, Geleen († 2000)
• Albert Willem Gerard Thijssen, Asselt, Limburg, Nederland († 2005)
• Thalen, Hoogeveen nederland († 1919)
• Antonius Wilhelmus Kloonen († 2006)
• Anna Elisabeth Balduk, Bergh, Gelderland, Nederland († 1948)
• August Earl Baker, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2008)

• Bernardus Hendricus Steffens (57), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Jans Postma (61), Veenwouden, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Verdult (44), Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Daniel Woolf (91)
• Antje Kossen (88), Bloemendaal, Nederland
• Adriana Hamstra (60), Den Haag
• Antje Kossen (88), Bloemendaal
• Cornelis Tak (64), Koedijk, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Arends (80), (GR) Winschoten
• Aaltje Lohuis (92), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1914 » Richard Basehart, American actor († 1984)
• 1915 » Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach († 2008)
• 1916 » Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author († 2010)
• 1916 » Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach († 2011)
• 1916 » John S. Wold, American geologist and politician († 2017)
• 1918 » Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer († 1986)
• 1919 » Amrita Pritam, Indian poet and author († 2005)
• 1921 » Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician († 2014)
• 1921 » Raymond Williams, Welsh author and academic († 1988)
• 1924 » John Davidson, American physician and politician († 2012)

• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Gerardus
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Albert
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
16. Alida

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
• May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
• May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
• May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
• May 16 » A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
• December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.

The temperature on August 31, 1919 was between 7.0 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.