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• Aartje van Andel, De Werken en Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1943)
• Antoinette Clementien Gautier, Gouderak, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Abraham Schaake, Apeldoorn
• Adriana Maria Christina Bosman, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus Gerardus Antonius Verhofstad, Vierlingsbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1977)
• Aaldert Jan Eshuis, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Antoon Cornelis Donderwinkel, Apeldoorn, Nederland († 1915)
• Aaltje van der Stoep, poortugaal († 1964)
• Augustine Marie Leroux, Marcilly (50), France
• Augusta Werker, Utrecht

• Petronella Sophia Wenink (87), Zwolle
• Anna Visch (76), Harderwijk
• Albert Bartels (72), Vriezenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anthonia van Leersum (74), Leusden
• Aart van Steijn (94), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Albert Bongers (61), Zwartsluis gem. Zwartewaterland Ov. NL
• Desiderius VERBRUGGE (0), Ossendrecht
• Antonius Troijen, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Apolonia Bogaert (84), Graauw en Langendam, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Bongers (61), Zwartsluis, Nederland

• 1910 » Jakob Streit, Swiss anthroposophist and author († 2009)
• 1911 » Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician († 2003)
• 1912 » Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic († 2005)
• 1912 » Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator († 1980)
• 1913 » Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish painter and sculptor († 2007)
• 1915 » Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2001)
• 1915 » Julius Baker, American flute player and educator († 2003)
• 1916 » Aldo Moro, Italian academic and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy († 1978)
• 1917 » Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist († 2006)
• 1917 » Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon († 1984)

• 1889 » Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)

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.
• January 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
• March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
• July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
• August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
• September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
• 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.

The temperature on September 23, 1914 was between 5.1 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.