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• Adelaide KARNES († 1949)
• Adriana Cornelia Graaf, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland († 2009)
• Aaltje van Beekhuizen, Harderwijk
• Adriana Maria Jonkers, Berkel-Enschot
• Aart van Blankenstein, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Aartje van den Born, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1980)
• 'n Levenloos geboren zoon van Verzaal, Ter Aar (Korteraar) († 1911)
• Adriana de Fouw, Colijnsplaat († 1927)
• Adriana Helena (Janny) Barendregt, 's-Gravendeel, 3295, Nederland († 2006)
• Aaltien Geerts, Roswinkel Emmen Drenthe Nederland

• Barendina Boudewina Vermeulen (87), Deil (Geldermalsen)
• Anna Catharina Muijrers (0), Simpelveld
• Antonius Kling (61), Berghem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Apolonia de Bruijn (71), Maasland
• Anna Maria Veenbrink (34), Montfoort
• Bastiaan van Andel (76), Haarlemmermeer,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Veenbrink (34), Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anne Klazes Soeten (74), Terband, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Cornelis Adrianus Pothuizen (0), Culemborg
• Annie Veronica Hartman (38), Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• 1907 » Arlene Francis, American actress and television personality († 2001)
• 1908 » Stuart Hamblen, American singer-songwriter, actor, and radio show host († 1989)
• 1909 » Carla Laemmle, American actress and photographer († 2014)
• 1909 » Yasushi Sugiyama, Japanese painter († 1993)
• 1910 » Chen Liting, Chinese director and playwright († 2013)
• 1912 » Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter († 1985)
• 1913 » Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player († 1998)
• 1914 » Fayard Nicholas, American actor, dancer, and choreographer († 2006)
• 1917 » Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1917 » Stéphane Hessel, German-French activist and diplomat († 2013)

• 1883 » George Chichester, 3rd Marquess of Donegall (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Richard Francis Burton, English-Italian geographer and explorer (b. 1821)
• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)

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.
• August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
• August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
• September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
• September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
• October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
• December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

The temperature on October 20, 1911 was between 9.3 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.