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• "Manfred Rudolf" Kreuzwendedich Maria von Salm-Hoogstraeten, Düsseldorf, Allemagne († 1994)
• Adrianus Marinus van Hulten, Drunen († 1911)
• Albertje Bol, Zijldijk
• Albertus Jansen, Aarlanderveen
• Adriaan Lievense, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1944)
• Abel Douwes Kamminga, Gerkesklooster († 1994)
• Adriana Maria Francisca Oosterbos, Roosendaal, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Leonardus Maria van de Watering, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands
• Anje Schipper, Beneden Verlaat, Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands († 1928)
• Agnes Gerda Vilhelmina Cervin, Vilhelmsberg, Kålkulla, Lerum (P) († 1997)

• Anne Jan Smedema (0), 't Zandt, Eenum
• Anna Maria Slegers (87), Nieuwkuijk
• Antonia van Andel (70), Neder-Andel, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands
• Anna Maria (Annie) Miller (46)
• Adrianus Jacobus Bakker (1)
• * Anna Maria Sleegers (87), Nieuwkuijk
• Age Louws SINNEMA (25), Cleveland Cuyahoga County Ohio U.S.A
• Antonius Josephus Rosseau (67), Venlo, Nederland
• Amelia BAEYENS (64), Okegem,9400,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Adrianus Gerardus Maria van Sommeren (0), Leeuwen

• 1907 » Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician († 2007)
• 1907 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines († 1957)
• 1907 » Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer († 1977)
• 1908 » William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer († 1981)
• 1909 » Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist († 2008)
• 1911 » Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader († 1970)
• 1911 » Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1913 » Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer († 2012)
• 1913 » Helen Levitt, American photographer and cinematographer († 2009)
• 1914 » Richard Basehart, American actor († 1984)

• 1884 » Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)

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.
• April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
• April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
• July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
• 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.
• 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.

The temperature on August 31, 1911 was between 5.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.