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• Aleida Gerdina Gieteling, Brummen
• Albertus Arnouts, Brasschaat († 1986)
• Anna Gertrud Elise Zimmermann, Federow, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Deutschland († 1912)
• Albertus Scheepers, Helmond, nederland († 1911)
• Albertus Arnouts, Brasschaat († 1986)
• Angelina Galvão Prestes, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aaltje Buijs, Capelle aan de IJssel
• Albertje Haandrikman, Gassselternijeveen († 1993)
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• Adrianus J. Brama, Noordwijkerhout († 1992)

• Albert Thomas ANDREWS (59), Koromburra,Victoria Australia
• Albertje Timmerman (0), Eerde
• Alida Maria Visser (0), 's-Gravenzande, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Corstiana den Besten (38), Utrecht
• Wilhelmus Simon de Graaf (0), Haarlem
• Anna Freerks (Frederika) Hoving (87), Stedum, Netherlands
• Adriana Wilhelmina Klaassen (1), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Freerks Hoving (87), Stedum (NL)
• Antonius Adrianus Bens (2), Escharen
• Arnoldus van der Wijst (43), Valkenswaard

• 1904 » Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 1984)
• 1905 » Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer († 1981)
• 1906 » Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer († 1995)
• 1907 » P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician († 1963)
• 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)

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacob
11. Jacobus
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• May 30 » At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
• August 1 » Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
• August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
• October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
• October 13 » Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
• November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

The temperature on August 21, 1911 was between 13.0 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.