About the day » Tuesday September 1, 1914Calender converter

• Adriana Neeltje van Helden, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Leopold Karel Verlackt, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1958)
• Anna Petronella Johanna Bierings, Tilburg, NB Netherlands († 1995)
• Aaltje Ardesch, Archem († 2000)
• Adriana Neeltje van Helden, 's-gravenhage (zuid holland)
• Andrew William Kromminga, Titonka, Iowa († 1966)
• Alexander de Vos, Amsterdam († 1943)
• Hendrikje Scholten, Zierikzee
• Albert Leopold Karel Verlackt, Antwerpen († 1958)
• Adrianus Franciscus Grootswagers, Loon op Zand († 1915)

• Adriana Versteeg (13), Schiedam
• Anna Cornelia Kienstra (75), Dokkum, Nederland
• Anne Marie Thérèse MARLY (71)
• Cornelia de Bruin (2), Ter Aar
• Arend Jan Pleiter (0), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Albertus Hein (1), Deventer
• Agatha Margaretha Maartens Fust (57), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Terschegget (76), Ingen
• * Jacoba Hendrika Catharina Brugman (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, NL
• Anna Maria Gerarda Noordman (1), Woubrugge

• 1908 » Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer († 1980)
• 1908 » Lou Kenton, Jewish-English soldier and potter († 2012)
• 1909 » E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat († 1957)
• 1913 » Christian Nyby, American director and producer († 1993)
• 1913 » Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1979)
• 1914 » John H. Adams, American jockey († 1995)
• 1916 » Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player († 2014)
• 1919 » Hilda Hänchen, German physicist and academic († 2013)
• 1919 » Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer († 2008)
• 1920 » Liz Carpenter, American journalist, author, and activist († 2010)

• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)

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 20 » Nineteen men, women, and children die in the Ludlow Massacre during a Colorado coal-miners' strike.
• August 2 » The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
• August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
• August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
• October 9 » World War I: The Siege of Antwerp comes to an end.
• November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

The temperature on September 1, 1914 was between 10.5 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.