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• (Stillborn) VAN WEERDEN, Oldehove Groningen Netherlands († 1914)
• Anna Muilwijk, Noordwijkerhout († 2003)
• Antoon Albertus Van lent, Batenburg, 6634, Nederland
• Antje Geertje IJPMA, Lucaswolde (Marum) Groningen Netherlands († 1998)
• Adriana Maria Boer, Sliedrecht
• Annie Kalkhoven, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Antoon Doornbos, Havelte († 1996)
• Anthonia Petronella van der Borg, Delft
• Aaltje Pieterke Zaaiman, Amsterdam († 2003)
• Adriana Pietronella van der PUT, Rotterdam

• Angeniet van IJzendoorn (1), Lienden
• Antonis van der Wekken (78), Kerkwerve
• Adrianus Kup (79), Sambeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonis van der Wekken (78), Kerkwerve
• (Stillborn) VAN WEERDEN (0), Oldehove Groningen Netherlands
• Antonia van Es (16), Boxmeer
• Anthonus Van Der Wekken (78), Kerkwerve, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Berend Bosman (64), Denekamp
• Bouwe Visser (81), Groningen, Nederland
• Albertina Christina Hoefs (65), St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States

• 1910 » C. C. Beck, American illustrator († 1989)
• 1911 » Edmundo Rivero, Argentinian singer-songwriter († 1986)
• 1912 » Harry Holtzman, American painter († 1987)
• 1912 » Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1989)
• 1912 » Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, British abstract painter († 2004)
• 1915 » Kayyar Kinhanna Rai, Indian journalist, author, and poet († 2015)
• 1916 » Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1916 » Luigi Comencini, Italian director and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1916 » Richard Pousette-Dart, American painter and educator († 1992)
• 1917 » Byron White, American football player and judge († 2002)

• 1876 » George Sand, French author and playwright (b. 1804)
• 1885 » Ignace Bourget, Canadian bishop (b. 1799)
• 1889 » Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet (b. 1844)
• 1899 » Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (b. 1863)
• 1924 » Andrew Irvine, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1902)
• 1924 » George Mallory, English lieutenant and mountaineer (b. 1886)
• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)

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. Arie
15. Wilhelmus
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
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.
• 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.
• August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
• August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
• August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
• August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
• December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

The temperature on June 8, 1914 was between 0.7 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.