About the day » Wednesday January 8, 1913Calender converter

• Adriana Weerman, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Simons, Den Helder
• Adrianus Bouman († 1913)
• Aalbert de Snoo, Zwijndrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Agnes Bost, Kerkrade, Gemeente Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland
• adriana LAGERWERF, oud-beijerland († 1965)
• Abraham (Bram) Bongers, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 1991)
• (kleine) Jan Foppen, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 1966)
• Adriana van Meer, Etten-Leur († 1995)
• Aaltje SINNING, Saaxumhuizen (Baflo) Groningen Netherlands

• Adriana Maria Verhees (0), Mierlo
• Aagje den Dulk (73), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Maria Petronella Fouchier (1), Tilburg
• Schollen (0), Tiburg
• Anthonie van Es (84), Monster
• Albertus IDEMA (2), Klijndijk, Odoorn
• Annigje Verduin (67), Gorinchem
• Anna C (59), Farlinville, Linn, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Drewes Evenhuis (82), Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Maria ALBERTI (76), Urmond

• 1909 » Ashapoorna Devi, Indian author and poet († 1995)
• 1909 » Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer († 1995)
• 1909 » Evelyn Wood, American author and educator († 1995)
• 1909 » Willy Millowitsch, German actor, director, and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1910 » Galina Ulanova, Russian actress and ballerina († 1998)
• 1911 » Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, dancer, and author († 1970)
• 1912 » José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor and director († 1992)
• 1912 » Lawrence Walsh, Canadian-American lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th United States Deputy Attorney General († 2014)
• 1915 » Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager († 1991)
• 1917 » Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright († 1994)

• 1896 » William Rainey Marshall, American banker and politician, 5th Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
• 1901 » John Barry, Irish soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Friedrich Schrempf, German journalist and politician (b. 1858)
• 1914 » Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and 30th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1823)
• 1916 » Ada Rehan, Irish-American actress (b. 1860)
• 1916 » Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1918 » Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1827)
• 1918 » Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (b. 1892)
• 1920 » Josef Josephi, Polish-born singer and actor (b.1852)
• 1925 » George Bellows, American painter (b.1882)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Gerardus
14. Antonius
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
• March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
• April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
• June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
• November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
• December 17 » A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit system.

The temperature on January 8, 1913 was between 1.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.