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• Alberdina Egberta Oosterkamp, Olst, Wesepe († 1986)
• Adrianus Hendricus van Eekelen, Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1938)
• Aaltje Molenaar, Abbekerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Mangelschots, Geel, België
• Adriana Catharina Martina Kau, den Haag
• Antonius Mesken, Deventer
• Alida Gezina Rebergen († 1994)
• Aafje Buij, Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1979)
• Alida de Groot, Maartensdijk
• Anthony J Guzik, Illinois, United States († 1993)

• Bastiaan Christiaan van Rabenswaaij (51), Ede
• Aaltje Hulshof (32), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, NL
• Adriana Ros (0), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Benjamin Frank (18), Winschoten,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anne-Marie Auwerx (32), Bilzen, Limburg, Belgie
• Aris Heens (0), De Bilt
• Catharina Verstraelen (46), Arendonk, België
• Barend Hendrikus van Vugt (40), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Benjamin Frank (18), Winschoten
• Andrew Macdonald (69)

• 1910 » Gloria Blondell, American actress († 1986)
• 1910 » Mae Clarke, American actress († 1992)
• 1911 » E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician († 1977)
• 1912 » Ted Drake, English footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1913 » Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate († 1992)
• 1915 » Al Hibbler, American baritone singer († 2001)
• 1916 » Iggy Katona, American race car driver († 2003)
• 1917 » Matt Christopher, American author († 1997)
• 1917 » Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator († 2008)
• 1919 » Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain († 2014)

• 1893 » Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)

• 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 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
• February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
• May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
• June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
• July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
• October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

The temperature on August 16, 1915 was between 8.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.