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• Agnes Elisabeth Timan, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2002)
• Aart-Jan Schreuders († 1974)
• Adriana Karsdorp, Sliedrecht († 1994)
• * Theodora Johanna Elisabeth Duster, Oberhausen († 1997)
• Abel Silveira Mendes Pinheiro, Monte Azul Paulista, São Paulo, Brasil
• (1) Pieter Westerveld, Landsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1990)
• "Marie-Thérèse" Henriette Elisabeth Martin du Puytison, Laval, Mayenne, France († 1977)
• Aartje Mastenbroek, Kallenbroek
• Adriana Maria Paans, Leidschendam († 1994)
• Adriaantje Lekkerkerker, Rietveld, Utrecht (tot 1964 Zuid-Holland), Nederland

• Casper Schrage (1), Amsterdam
• Anna Holvast (0), Morige, Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Attje Johannes Oostringa (67), St. Jacobiparochie
• Adriana Agata Boef (75), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Tjeerds Lingsma (83), Langezwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Elizabeth Scheurkogel (60), Nieuw Helvoet (zuid-holland)
• Bernard Josephus Frederik Binzer (67), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Folchert Meeken (75), Sappemeer, Kleinemeer
• Cornelis Johannes Cornelis Hoogendijk (62), Gouda
• Bartha van Kwawegen (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland

• 1910 » Gordon Prange, American historian, author, and academic († 1980)
• 1910 » Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer († 1968)
• 1911 » Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer († 1995)
• 1911 » Sonny Tufts, American actor († 1970)
• 1912 » Amy Patterson, Argentine composer, singer, poet, and teacher († 2019)
• 1912 » Milt Bocek, American baseball player († 2007)
• 1915 » Barnard Hughes, American actor († 2006)
• 1915 » Elaine Barrie, American actress († 2003)
• 1918 » Denis Edward Arnold, English soldier († 2015)
• 1918 » Paul Farnes, famed World War II Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and one of "The Few" surviving pilots of the Battle of Britain († 2020)

• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)

• 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 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
• July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
• August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
• September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
• September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
• October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.

The temperature on July 16, 1914 was between 11.1 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.