About the day » Tuesday December 8, 1914Calender converter

• Alida Maria Wever, Bovenkarspel,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Alida Martje Vlas, Oudeschild, Texel, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1992)
• Albertus Terhorst († 1978)
• Anje JAGER, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van den Eijnde, Mill
• "Michel" Marie Joseph Bernard Caudron de Coquereaumont, Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France († 1980)
• Antonius Adrianus Hoppenbrouwer, Rotterdam († 1915)
• Aartje Johanna Nunninkhoven, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• KOOPS
• Adrianus Gerardus Maria van Erp, Oss

• Aart Heij (79), Echteld
• Arie van DER LINDE (33), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Adrianus Meijvis (0), Breda
• Adriaan Koomans van den Dries (0)
• Anje Kuipers (63), Ten Boer
• Adriana Schellekens (83), Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertha Margaretha Timpener (1), Horsten, Onstwedde, Groningen, Nederland
• Leonardus Roubos (0), Haarlemmermeer
• Antje Jagt (71), Venhuizen, Drechterland,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Hendrikus Wennekes (0)

• 1911 » Lee J. Cobb, American actor († 1976)
• 1911 » Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter († 1992)
• 1913 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer († 1966)
• 1914 » Ernie Toshack, Australian cricketer († 2003)
• 1914 » Floyd Tillman, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)
• 1915 » Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2005)
• 1916 » Richard Fleischer, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2006)
• 1917 » Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator († 1998)
• 1919 » Julia Bowman, American mathematician and theorist († 1985)
• 1919 » Peter Tali Coleman, Samoan-American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of American Samoa († 1997)

• 1903 » Herbert Spencer, English biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher (b. 1820)
• 1907 » Oscar II of Sweden (b. 1829)
• 1913 » Camille Jenatzy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1868)
• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 1918 » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)
• 1919 » J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852)
• 1929 » José Vicente Concha, Colombian politician and 8th President of Colombia (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (b. 1843)

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 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 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
• August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
• September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
• October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
• December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.

The temperature on December 8, 1914 was between 6.3 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.