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• Alpha Davidson, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Alfred Johannes Rehnsch, Groningen
• Adriana van Dop, Delft
• Albertje Wiebrens Poppinga, Surhuisterveen († 2001)
• Adrianus Hubertus Josephus Leijten, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1977)
• Aleida Christina Grietje Visser, Kostverloren, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland (Netherlands) († 1911)
• Aaltje Middelbos, Kloosterveen, Smilde († 1998)
• Andrew Jackson McElvain, Slocomb, Geneva, Alabama, United States († 1992)
• Albert Mossel, Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Alice Eléonore Victorine DEKKER

• Anna Margaretha Wilhelmina Josephina van Run (0), Eindhoven
• Arie Valstar (70), Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha Tijmens Majoor (66), Bussum
• Adriaan Abraham Joppe (0), Scherpenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Sibilla Möhlendick (77), Baerl, Mörs, Rhein, Preußen, Deutschland
• Anna Catharina Moens (77), Lebbeke, België
• Adriana Maria van Tillo (0), Halsteren
• Anna Brama (75), Noordwijk
• Adriaantje BONGERS (77)
• Grietje Willems Snijder (79), Marssum

• 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)

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.
• January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
• June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
• July 1 » Germany despatches the gunship SMSPanther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
• September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
• September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
• November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.

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.