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• Anna Francisca Peeters, Noorderwijk, Herentals, België
• Adriaan Gephardt, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Alfred van Renselaar, Overton, Nevada († 1993)
• Anna Jacoba Sinke, Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus van Grunsven, Herpen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Anna Wilhelmina Victoria Augusta Kalff, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Alida Margaretha De Villiers, of Wellington, Cape, South Africa
• Anna Maria de Poorter, Best († 1987)
• Adriana Priester, 's-Heer Arendskerke
• Albin Thoma, Bernau im Schwarzwald, Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland († 1922)

• Adriaan Geerts (65), Tilburg
• Arij, Arie van der Klooster (79), Rotterdam
• Albert Hoorn (60), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Pauw (82), Schoonhoven,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aartje de Groot (0), Klaaswaal, Cromstrijen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anthony William Kramer I (57), Campbell County, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Willem Broes van Dort (61), Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Nieuwpoort (0), Delft, Nederland
• Antonie Johannes Boks (80), Beekbergen
• Adrianus van der Pauw (82), Schoonhoven

• 1906 » León Klimovsky, Argentinian actor, director, and screenwriter († 1996)
• 1907 » Richard Titmuss, English sociologist and academic († 1973)
• 1908 » Enver Hoxha, Albanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Albania († 1985)
• 1908 » Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator († 2006)
• 1911 » Otto von Bülow, German commander († 2006)
• 1912 » Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming († 2009)
• 1918 » Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic († 2013)
• 1918 » Louis Althusser, Algerian-French philosopher and academic († 1990)
• 1918 » Tony Rolt, English race car driver and engineer († 2008)
• 1919 » Kathleen Winsor, American journalist and author († 2003)

• 1877 » Théodore Barrière, French playwright (b. 1823)
• 1888 » John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1815)
• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)

• 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.
• February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
• April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
• June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
• August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
• October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.

The temperature on October 16, 1913 was between 6.5 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.