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• Adriana Maria Louwers, Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Verhoef, Leiden († 1966)
• Aaltje Dijk, Noordhorn (gem. Westerkwartier) († 1968)
• Annie Verhoef, Leiden († 1966)
• Aalbert BAMBACHT, Haaften (Gld.) († 1998)
• Amos Geerdes, farm, se of, George, Lyon Co., IA († 1985)
• Adrianus Gerardus Herman, Vlijmen († 1970)
• Agnes Maria Geraads, Helden
• Anna de Graaf, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Cortenraad († 1998)

• Aartje Bottenburg (59), Amersfoort, Nederland
• Adrianus van der Boom (63), Doorn
• Aafke Jacobs Faber (47), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Faber (47), Amsterdam
• Caleb Pennock Cooper (69)
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• Charles Franklin Yancey (68), Halifax County, Virginia
• Anna Catharina Peulen (77), Meerssen, Limburg, Nederland
• Alexander Napoleon De Reygere (28), Keiem ( Diksmuide ) West Vlaanderen
• Christiaan Goetschalckx (53), Rijkevorsel, Antwerpen, België

• 1911 » Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator († 1978)
• 1912 » Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver († 1990)
• 1912 » Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator († 1972)
• 1912 » Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director († 1997)
• 1914 » Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author († 2010)
• 1915 » Owen Bradley, American country music record producer († 1998)
• 1917 » Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader († 1993)
• 1918 » Albertina Sisulu, South African anti-apartheid activist († 2011)
• 1918 » Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author († 2006)
• 1919 » Jim Wallwork, English-Canadian sergeant and pilot († 2013)

• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)

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. Adriana
9. Catharina
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 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
• August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
• August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
• September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.

The temperature on October 21, 1914 was between 7.3 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.