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• Aloysius van der Velden, Wintelre († 1992)
• * Engelbertus Cornelis Nijman, Ridderkerk
• Adriana Johanna Wilhelmina van Kuijk, Ginneken en Bavel
• Agnes, Suzanna Ryckaert, Beernem († 2000)
• Adriana Boskaljon, Rotterdam († 1918)
• Albertus Thomas, Den Helder († 2001)
• Adolphina Irma De Tant, Moerbeke
• Aaltjen Scholing, Eickel, Gelsenkirchen, Duitsland († 2003)
• Adriana Arnoijs, Vlissingen
• Adriana Antonia van Dinther, Escharen († 1999)

• Apolonia Fruijtier (52), Hontenisse (Z) Nl
• Aalle Jans Temming (67), Rauwerderhem
• Albertha Catharina Sonneveld (1894), Echteld
• Annigje Gerritsdr Lodder (67), Ridderkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Annigje Lodder (67), Ridderkerk
• ROMBOUTS, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aalt van 't Ende (10), Oost Broekdijk
• Andreas Adrianus Wenting (2), Utrecht
• Anna Maria Josepha von Sickingen zu Hohenburg (49), Wien, Wien, Austria
• Antje Eerkens (66), Schildwolde, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland

• 1908 » Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player, pianist, bandleader, and actor († 2002)
• 1910 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician († 1961)
• 1913 » Mimis Fotopoulos, Greek actor and poet († 1986)
• 1913 » Roger Rochard, French runner († 1993)
• 1913 » Willi Hennig, German biologist and entomologist († 1976)
• 1914 » Betty Lou Gerson, American actress († 1999)
• 1915 » Joseph Wolpe, South African psychotherapist and physician († 1997)
• 1916 » Nasiba Zeynalova, Azerbaijani actress († 2004)
• 1918 » Kai Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2007)
• 1919 » Richard Hillary, Australian lieutenant and pilot († 1943)

• 1899 » Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1935 » John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (b. 1863)

• 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.
• May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
• August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
• 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.
• September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.

The temperature on April 20, 1914 was between 5.6 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.