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• Alida Maria Brockhoff, Sloten († 1918)
• Albertus Engels, Lonneker († 2023)
• Ann F. Bruhn († 1982)
• Alida Cohen, Amsterdam, Nederland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• A. J. Messchaerts, Amsterdam Nederland († 1989)
• Anna Blenk († 1976)
• Ailsa Wilkie "Twin 2" McBride, Auckland New Zealand († 1975)
• Alice SCHRIPSEMA, Lucas Michigan U.S.A († 2010)
• Adriaan van der Velden, Rilland-Bath († 2012)
• Beaupain, Batavia (Jakarta, IND.) († 1998)

• Aaltje Molenaar (85), Zandvoort
• Aafke Poelema (67), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje van de Beek (84), Baarn
• Albert Willem Jans Tanja (17), Franeker, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus de Bree (44), Broek op Langedijk
• Albertus de Bree (42), USA:
• Adriana Cornelia Neering, (45), Den Helder
• Anna van Eijk (0), Rotterdam
• Aafke Poelema (67), Groningen
• Anna Elisabeth van der Woerd (63), Kerk-Avezaath, Gemeente Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands

• 1909 » Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English cricketer and politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand († 1977)
• 1909 » Jack Renshaw, Australian politician, 31st Premier of New South Wales († 1987)
• 1910 » Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager († 1989)
• 1910 » Sylvia Sidney, American actress († 1999)
• 1911 » Rosetta LeNoire, American actress († 2002)
• 1915 » James Elliott, American runner and coach († 1981)
• 1919 » Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor and producer († 2010)
• 1919 » John David Wilson, English animator and producer († 2013)
• 1920 » Jimmy Witherspoon, American jump blues singer († 1997)
• 1920 » Leo Chiosso, Italian songwriter and producer († 2006)

• 1897 » Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1920 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
• 1928 » Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Albert
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Jacob
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
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 6.3 million citizens.
• January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
• April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
• June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
• July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
• August 6 » World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
• September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

The temperature on August 8, 1915 was between 13.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.