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• Anna Struijs, Vlaardingen († 1982)
• Annie Isabel Millar, Kingston ONT († 2002)
• Annie Kleywegt († 2011)
• Anna Gertrudis Keijdener, Wittem († 1988)
• Antonia Leonora den Hollander, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1988)
• "Elisabeth" Therese Adelheid Antonia Huberta Maria von Boeselager, Heimerzheim, Allemagne († 1989)
• Anna Marina Kleijwegt († 2011)
• Bauke Tjeerd de Boer, Nijland
• Albertine Leonore Elisabeth Geilvoet, Schiedam († 1994)
• Anna Francisca Hufkens, Herentals, België

• Albertus Oudheusden (36), Amsterdam
• Arjen Alberts van der Plaat (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• AALTJE GERRITSEN (58), PUTTEN
• Adriana Johanna Snoeren (34), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anthonie Willem Tichelaar (0), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, NL
• Aartje van Hal (76), Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Aartje van Hal (76), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia van Lent (28), amsterdam, Nederland
• Aalltje Gerritsen (58), Putten Gld
• Aartje Hal, van (76), Barneveld Gld. NL

• 1910 » Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru († 1977)
• 1912 » Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator († 2004)
• 1912 » Enoch Powell, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Health († 1998)
• 1914 » Eleanor Sokoloff, American pianist and teacher († 2020)
• 1915 » John Tukey, American mathematician and academic († 2000)
• 1915 » Marga Faulstich, German glass chemist († 1998)
• 1917 » Aurelio Lampredi, Italian automobile and aircraft engine designer († 1989)
• 1917 » Irving Penn, American photographer († 2009)
• 1917 » Katharine Graham, American publisher († 2001)
• 1917 » Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician, President of Greece († 1999)

• 1886 » Alexander Stuart, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1824)
• 1902 » Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (b. 1841)
• 1918 » Bazil Assan, Romanian engineer and explorer (b. 1860)
• 1925 » Chittaranjan Das, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1929 » Bramwell Booth, English 2nd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Vernon Louis Parrington, American historian and scholar (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American inventor, co-invented the gyrocompass (b. 1860)
• 1930 » Ezra Fitch, American lawyer and businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1866)
• 1939 » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 1940 » DuBose Heyward, American author (b. 1885)

• 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.
• August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
• August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
• August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
• November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

The temperature on June 16, 1914 was between 11.5 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.