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• Aubrey Vincent Schuts, Perth, WA Australia († 2007)
• Anna Maria Bijvoet († 2004)
• Aaldert van Essen, Vledder († 1995)
• August Malfait, Zedelgem, 8210, Brugge, West Vlaanderen († 2000)
• Albert Schipper († 2007)
• Aaltje Lanjouw, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1943)
• Abram Griffioen, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1981)
• Antoon Thijssen, Kervenheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland († 1984)
• Alida Maria Cornelia Hoogervorst, 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Harteveld, Den Haag

• Antje Kornet (54), Ooltgensplaat, Oostflakkee, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands
• Berith Christine Olufsdatter Tømmerdal (70), Evensdal, Saltdal, Norge
• Antoon van Kasteren (0), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aart van Steenis (73), Marion County, Iowa
• Krüssel (0), Dankern, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Anskjen Abes Agema (59), Makkum
• Caroline Runyon (59), Preble Co.Ohio
• Anderson "Doc" Shelley (67), Attala, Mississippi, United States
• Cornelia Rosalina Tholen (43), .Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname
• Catharine A Warner (78), Kittitas County, Washington, Verenigde Staten

• 1907 » Albert Kotin, Belarusian-American soldier and painter († 1980)
• 1910 » Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader († 1965)
• 1911 » István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician († 1979)
• 1911 » Nicholas Ray, American director and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1913 » George Van Eps, American guitarist († 1998)
• 1916 » Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer († 2008)
• 1918 » C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator († 1985)
• 1918 » Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author († 2007)
• 1921 » Karel Husa, Czech-American composer and conductor († 2016)
• 1921 » Manitas de Plata, French guitarist († 2014)

• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)

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.
• February 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
• March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
• March 18 » King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki.
• March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
• July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
• December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

The temperature on August 7, 1913 was between 4.9 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.