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• Albertje W Poppinga († 2001)
• Agnes Maria Wilhelmina Knoefman, Coesfeld (D) († 1989)
• Alida (Alie) Boelen, Bodegraven, ZH Holland
• Alice Eléonore Victorine DEKKER
• Adriana van Dop, Delft
• Agnes Maria Wihelmine KNOEFMANN, Coesfeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1989)
• Aart Willem van der Wal, Waardenburg
• Albertje Wiebrens Poppinga, Surhuisterveen († 2001)
• Annigje de Wit, ruinerwold-dijkhuizen
• Aaltje Middelbos, Kloosterveen, Smilde († 1998)

• Agatha MAJOOR (65), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew "Andy" Bradley (39), Meenagara, County, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
• Abel Omer Joseph PLOUY (31), Kortrijk,8500,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie
• Anne Fahner (2), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonia JOLINK (0), Doetinchem, Nederland, Gelderland, Ambt, Langerak
• Anna Mechtildis van der Linden, Escharen
• Anna Catharina Moens (77), Lebbeke, België
• Anna Brama (75), Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
• Albert van Duinen (44), Sappemeer
• Agatha Tijmens Majoor (66), Bussum

• 1908 » Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator († 2010)
• 1908 » William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 2000)
• 1909 » Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor († 1995)
• 1910 » Gloria Blondell, American actress († 1986)
• 1910 » Mae Clarke, American actress († 1992)
• 1911 » E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician († 1977)
• 1912 » Ted Drake, English footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1913 » Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1915 » Al Hibbler, American baritone singer († 2001)
• 1916 » Iggy Katona, American race car driver († 2003)

• 1888 » John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)

• 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 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
• June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
• 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 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
• December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
• December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

The temperature on August 16, 1911 was between 12.1 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.