About the day » Monday August 24, 1914Calender converter

• Adolf Lodewijk Nienhuis, Haren, Groningen, Nederland († 2004)
• Albert George Ludwig Adelbert, Middelburg († 1972)
• Alida Agatha Jong de, amsterdam († 1998)
• Adrianus Petrus Ludovicus Fouchier, Tilburg (Noord-Brabant) († 1915)
• Albert de Wit, Wieringen († 2006)
• Adriana van Es, Pijnacker (Pijnacker-Nootdorp), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Wiechers Stam, Wanneperveen († 1915)
• Alberta Elisabeth Maria Rijntjes, 's-Gravenhage
• Alica Elizabeth Stoffels, Paterson NJ (USA) († 1990)
• Adrianus Zoon, Egmond-Binnen, Nederland († 1987)

• Antonia Maria Kleijs (32), Standdaarbuiten
• Anthonius Cornelis Maria Luijben (0), s Hertogenbosch
• Adrianus van Herwijnen (71), Almkerk
• Anna Cristina Kassens (82), Veendam
• Adriaan van Bezouw (68), Gilze en Rijen
• Adrianus Lucas van Dijk (0), Loon op Zand, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Theresia Aldegonda Schlechtriem (0), Heerlen (L
• Anna Maria Heijnen (0), Siedlung Wesuwermoor, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany
• Adriaan van Bezouw (68), Gilze
• Anthonia de Rijk (voorheen Reker) (82), Ter Aar (Langeraar)

• 1909 » Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer and soldier († 1998)
• 1911 » Durward Kirby, American television host and announcer († 2000)
• 1913 » Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer († 2009)
• 1915 » James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author († 1987)
• 1915 » Wynonie Harris, American singer and guitarist († 1969)
• 1917 » Dennis James, American game show host († 1997)
• 1918 » Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs († 2004)
• 1919 » Enrique Llanes, Mexican wrestler († 2004)
• 1919 » J. Gordon Edwards, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate († 2004)
• 1919 » Tosia Altman, member of the Polish resistance in World War II († 1943)

• 1888 » Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 » Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)

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.
• 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 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
• September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.
• September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
• November 9 » SMSEmden is sunk by HMASSydney in the Battle of Cocos.
• December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.

The temperature on August 24, 1914 was between 16.0 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.