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• Adrianus Cornelis (2) Janssen, Princenhage († 1914)
• (Stillborn) VAN DER NOORD, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1914)
• Albertje Werkman, Uithuizen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1999)
• Aleida Antonia Beek († 1954)
• Amalia Ernestina van der Pot, Leiden
• Abraham Prins, Monster († 1988)
• Biemans, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• * Wilhelmus van Kasteren, Vught
• Aaltje Rinzema, Drachten, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1998)
• Adriana Lena Jansen, Valkenburg,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)

• Andreas de Rijke (77), Haarlemmermeer
• Antoon Maas (0), Lier, Antwerpen, Vlaams Gewest (B)
• Adrianus PLOMPEN (89), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• berendiena koers (66), wijk bij duurstede
• Bernard d'Harcourt (71), Paris, 75056, France
• Steenema (0), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina "Anna" Keijsers (0), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonia Gijsberta Vedder, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andreas de Rijke (77), Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bleumink (61), Raalte, Heeten

• 1911 » Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and academic († 1995)
• 1911 » Melvin Calvin, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1997)
• 1912 » Alois Brunner, Austrian-German SS officer (d. 2001 or 2010)
• 1912 » Sonja Henie, Norwegian-American figure skater and actress († 1969)
• 1914 » María Félix, Yaqui/Basque-Mexican actress († 2002)
• 1915 » Ivan Supek, Croatian physicist, philosopher and writer († 2007)
• 1917 » Grigori Kuzmin, Russian-Estonian astronomer († 1988)
• 1917 » Hubertus Ernst, Dutch bishop († 2017)
• 1917 » Lloyd Bott, Australian public servant († 2004)
• 1917 » Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist († 2007)

• 1894 » Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1838)
• 1906 » Auguste Deter, German woman, first person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (b. 1850)
• 1919 » Loránd Eötvös, Hungarian physicist, academic, and politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1848)
• 1920 » Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (b. 1884)
• 1931 » Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Božena Benešová, Czech poet and novelist (b. 1873)
• 1936 » Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Marcel Prévost, French novelist and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)

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.
• April 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
• June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
• August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
• August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
• September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.

The temperature on April 8, 1914 was between 4.6 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.