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• Alida Antonia Vogelzang, Hilversum, NH Netherlands († 1993)
• Adriaantje Willemina Janna Pleit, Rotterdam
• "Maximilian" Antonius Aegidius Hubertus Maria Hugo von Windisch-Graetz, Donaueschingen, Allemagne († 1976)
• Alida Cecilia Magdalena (Ada) Engelse-Swart, Rotterdam († 2005)
• Anna Johanna van der Staak, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Kruithof, Ermelo,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1980)
• Aaltje Doornbos, Barger-Oosterveen, Emmen
• Adrien Joseph Henri Duchesneau, St-Casimir, Portneuf, Québec
• Adrianus Franciscus Grootswagers, Loon op Zand († 1915)
• Annie Segal, London († 2000)

• Anne Marie Thérèse MARLY (71)
• Catharina Clasina de Mug (5), 's-Hertogenbosch (N.Br)
• *Arend Jan *pleiter (0), Hattemerbroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje van der Veen (0), Oldehove
• Anne WESTERHUIS (16), Zevenhuizen
• Anna Maria Gerarda Noordman (1), Woubrugge
• Adrianus Johannes Terschegget (76), Ingen
• Carl Heinrich Friedrich Trümpelmann (68), Darlingerode (Landkrs. Harz, Sachsen-Anhalt)
• Abram Klinkenberg (47), Ouder Amstel
• Cornelia de Bruijn (2), Ter Aar (Aardam)

• 1908 » Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer († 1980)
• 1908 » Lou Kenton, Jewish-English soldier and potter († 2012)
• 1909 » E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat († 1957)
• 1913 » Christian Nyby, American director and producer († 1993)
• 1913 » Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1979)
• 1914 » John H. Adams, American jockey († 1995)
• 1916 » Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player († 2014)
• 1919 » Hilda Hänchen, German physicist and academic († 2013)
• 1919 » Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer († 2008)
• 1920 » Liz Carpenter, American journalist, author, and activist († 2010)

• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)

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.
• August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
• August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
• September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
• November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
• November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
• November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

The temperature on September 1, 1914 was between 10.5 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.