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• Anna Helena Krops, Mussel gem. Onstwedde
• Andre Maurice HANNETON, Lille (59350) Frankrijk
• Anna Catharina Kirchoff, Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Nederland († 2001)
• Alphons van den Eijnde, Oirschot,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Adyail dos Santos, Parana, Brasil
• Adriaantje Lekkerkerker, Rietveld,2391,Woerden,Zuid-Holland,Nederland († 1992)
• Anna Elizabeth Poker, Onstwedde, GRO, Nederland († 1999)
• Agnes Elisabeth Timan, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 2002)
• Aartje UITERWAAL, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andre Maurice LEVEL, Lille Frankrijk († 1998)

• Alda Doreen Ellem (0)
• Augustinus Daghelinckx (71), Borgerhout
• Casper Schrage (1), Amsterdam
• Gros (0), Rotterdam
• Adriaan Johannes Cornelis Platteeuw (0), Terneuzen
• Elizabeth Scheurkogel (60), Nieuw-Helvoet
• Derkje Welgraven (31), Wageningen
• Catharina Adriana Baams, Nijmegen
• Arnoldus Hubertus Darcis (65), Maastricht
• Bertha Florence Lakin (52), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten

• 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)

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.
• January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
• 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 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
• August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
• September 14 » HMASAE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

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.