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• Anna Vissers, Den Dungen, Nederland († 1911)
• Alicia Maria Es, Klerken
• Adrianus Wiese, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Antonius Hubertus Salet, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1911)
• Alloisius Elst, Zundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Niconella Velthuijzen, Amsterdam
• Aletta Justine (Letty) Huurman, Amsterdam
• Adrianus Henricus Welten, Budel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1960)
• Albertus Antonius Jacobus Rensen, Gendt, Gelderland, Nederland († 1911)
• Alexander Prang, Gouda

• Annigje Smit (0), Holthone (Gramsbergen)
• Adrianus Franciscus Koens (0), Wouw
• Alphonse MAYER (4), Spicheren, Moselle, Grand Est, France
• Anna Maria Zeestraten (60), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonij Windt (74), Hoorn
• Adriana Veltman (75), Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aartje Oostdijck (41), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annegienus Louwissen (0), Zwinderen
• Adolfina Ettina Bos (0), Oude Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• van der Wart (0), Ermelo

• 1909 » Ronald King, New Zealand rugby player († 1988)
• 1910 » Quentin Bell, English historian and author († 1996)
• 1910 » Saint Alphonsa, first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church († 1946)
• 1911 » Anna Terruwe, Dutch psychiatrist and author († 2004)
• 1913 » John Argyris, Greek engineer and academic († 2004)
• 1913 » Peter Kemp, Indian-English soldier and author († 1993)
• 1913 » Richard Simmons, American actor († 2003)
• 1914 » Fumio Hayasaka, Japanese composer († 1955)
• 1914 » Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and manager († 2005)
• 1914 » Rose Heilbron, British barrister and judge († 2005)

• 1889 » Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1838)
• 1895 » John Wesley Hardin, American Old West outlaw, gunfighter (b. 1853)
• 1900 » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1833)
• 1914 » Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Tevfik Fikret, Turkish poet and educator (b. 1867)
• 1923 » Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat, 97th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1838)
• 1929 » Sergei Diaghilev, Russian critic and producer, founded Ballets Russes (b. 1872)
• 1932 » Louis Anquetin, French painter (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Federico García Lorca, Spanish poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)

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.
• March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
• April 8 » Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.
• April 27 » Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
• May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
• November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.

The temperature on August 19, 1911 was between 11.1 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.