About the day » Sunday August 9, 1914Calender converter

• Albertus (Bertus) Snoek, Hilversum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Alistair Arthur van Groot Brittannie, Londen († 1943)
• Adriaan Johan Van den Bergh, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alistair Arthur Van Groot Brittannie, London, Middlesex, England († 1943)
• Aaltje Boer, Giethoorn
• Adriana Maria Sophia Stoop, Beveren-Waas, Belgie († 1994)
• Alida Margaretha Wit, Nieuwe Niedorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1977)
• Jacobus Johannes Knip, Naaldwijk († 1963)
• Adrianus Bernardus de Bruijn, Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Alastair Arthur WINDSOR, 54 Mount Street, Mayfair, Middlesex († 1943)

• Anders Hansson (21), Jormvattnet, Frostviken, Jämtlands län, Sweden
• Adriana Borsboom (76), Delfshaven, Nederland
• "Olivier" Marie René de Douglas (36), Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France
• Cornelia Butter (73), Schoorl, Nederland
• Bernard 's Jacob (34), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Charlotte Louisa Elisabeth du Bois (89), Batavia
• Clementine MARTIN (73)
• Berend Jan Sterken (72), ........
• Charlotte Louize Elisabeth Du Bois (88), N.I. Batavia
• Betsey RAINBOW (79), Arlesey, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire

• 1911 » Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer († 2001)
• 1911 » John McQuade, Northern Irish soldier, boxer, and politician († 1984)
• 1911 » William Alfred Fowler, American astronomer and astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate († 1996)
• 1913 » Wilbur Norman Christiansen, Australian astronomer and engineer († 2007)
• 1914 » Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian-Austrian conductor and director († 1963)
• 1914 » Joe Mercer, English footballer and manager († 1990)
• 1914 » Tove Jansson, Finnish author and illustrator († 2001)
• 1915 » Mareta West, American astronomer and geologist († 1998)
• 1918 » Giles Cooper, Irish soldier and playwright († 1966)
• 1918 » Kermit Beahan, American colonel († 1989)

• 1886 » Samuel Ferguson, Irish lawyer and poet (b. 1810)
• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)

• 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 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
• August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
• 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 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
• November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
• November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

The temperature on August 9, 1914 was between 14.6 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.