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• Anna van de Polder, Rotterdam
• Adriana Gerarda van Kwawegen, Rotterdam
• Anna-Frieda Tamminga, Horst (Schleswig Holstein) († 1979)
• Adriana Helena Ladage, Rotterdam († 2013)
• Anna Maria Keulen, Oirsbeek, Limburg, Nederland († 2006)
• Aleida Hermina DE GEEST, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Adriana Maria Cornelia van den Berg, Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg († 1995)
• Anna Jacoba Maria Arnouts, Rotterdam († 2008)
• Alida Maria van der Ploeg, Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1971)
• anne alberta verver, chicago, cook, ill († 1992)

• "Friedrich Wilhelm" Franz Julius Ludwig Calixt zur Lippe-Biesterfeld (56), Liège, Belgique
• Anna Helena Busker (70), Oude Pekela, Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Weerd (31), Mastenbroek
• Anna Helena Büsker (70), Oude Pekela
• Antonius Josephus van Dalen (0), Helmond
• Barendina van Baarsel (75), Woerden
• Ardath Annie Chase (3), Fayette County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Alvira Voorhees Cooper (75)
• (79), Berlicum, Nederland
• Anna-Maria Spierings (79), Sint Michielsgestel, NB, Nederland

• 1910 » Adoniran Barbosa, Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor († 1982)
• 1911 » Constance Heaven, English author and actress († 1995)
• 1911 » Lucille Ball, American actress, television producer and businesswoman († 1989)
• 1911 » Norman Gordon, South African cricketer († 2014)
• 1912 » Richard C. Miller, American photographer († 2010)
• 1914 » Gordon Freeth, Australian lawyer and politician, 24th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs († 2001)
• 1916 » Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta († 2012)
• 1916 » Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic († 1970)
• 1917 » Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator († 2000)
• 1917 » Robert Mitchum, American actor († 1997)

• 1893 » Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 » Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1906 » George Waterhouse, English-New Zealand politician, 7th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier, American physician (b. 1841)
• 1920 » Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 » Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
• 1925 » Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 » Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Hiram Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
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. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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 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 6.2 million citizens.
• March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
• June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
• August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
• September 3 » William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.
• September 11 » World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
• December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

The temperature on August 6, 1914 was between 13.0 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.