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• Adrianus Hendricus van Oosterwijk, Gilze en Rijen († 1973)
• Annigje Margaretha Elisabeth Verheul, amsterdam, Nederland
• Andreas Blom, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Peelman, Terhagen, Anvers, Belgique († 1969)
• Anna Catharina Margaritha Van Och, Lommel († 1979)
• Albert Snippe, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1973)
• Adolf Karel Nicolaas (Dolf) Versteegh, Assen, Nederland († 1981)
• Aaltje van IJken, Baarn
• Lambregts, Etten-Leur
• Angelique Van Camp, Broechem, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2010)

• Clara Brinkman (79), Haarlem
• Constance Anne GIRARD (79), Chédigny, 37310, France
• Calvin Durbin (84)
• Ada Grace Herbert (43), New South Wales, Australia
• * Gertrudis Ghielen (80), Helden
• Aaltje van der Veer (43), Nijemirdum, Gaasterland (Frl)
• Clara Brinkman, Haarlem
• Bruno Drenth (65)
• Catharina Klinkvis (70), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Amalia Rizpa HARTGERINK (1), Goor, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1911 » William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founded DDB Worldwide († 1982)
• 1912 » Ben Hogan, American golfer and sportscaster († 1997)
• 1912 » Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach († 1985)
• 1912 » Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1991)
• 1913 » Fred Davis, English snooker player († 1998)
• 1913 » Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus († 1977)
• 1914 » Grace Bates, American mathematician and academic († 1996)
• 1917 » Sid Gordon, American baseball player († 1975)
• 1918 » Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2013)
• 1918 » Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago († 2006)

• 1865 » Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician (b. 1818)
• 1910 » Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse and theologian (b. 1820)
• 1912 » Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 » Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1937 » Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin (b. 1902)
• 1946 » H. G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (b. 1866)
• 1954 » Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 » Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer (b. 1881)

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 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
• 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 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
• August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
• September 14 » HMASAE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
• December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.

The temperature on August 13, 1914 was between 10.7 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.