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• Abraham Geerard Goosen, 's-Gravenhage († 1973)
• Anthonia Helena Kriek, Rilland-Bath,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1958)
• Arnold van Dorland († 1998)
• Agnar Jorleif Mellingen Håpnes, Namsskogan, Nord-Trøndelag († 1984)
• Anna Gerdina Klercq († 1950)
• Arthur Karel Tessers, Batavia, Nedrelandse Indies († 1944)
• Catharina Cornelia Johanna Karel, Arnhem († 2014)
• Antonia Johanna Notenboom, Nieuwenhagen Limburg († 1916)
• Catharina Elisabeth Maenen, Lanaken († 1994)
• Alberta Fae Barrett († 1985)

• Catharina Everdina Knopperts (68), Leusden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Heemsbergen (0), Andijk, 1619, Nederland
• Adriaan Reijntjens (65), Chaam
• Anna Breepoel (0), Axel, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antje Conijn (85), Den Helder
• Klein (0), Valthermond (Odoorn)
• Antonius Josephus Frissen (8), Bunde, Meerssen
• Bernard Wilhelm OVERHOFF (20), Strygowo (RUS) 20y WW1
• Antje Bontekoe (14), Ferwerd
• Anna Maria Catharina Rijcks (0), Koningsbosch, Netherlands

• 1911 » John Charnley, British orthopedic surgeon († 1982)
• 1912 » Barry Sullivan, American actor († 1994)
• 1912 » Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner († 2002)
• 1912 » Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer († 2016)
• 1913 » Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer († 1999)
• 1915 » Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress († 1982)
• 1915 » Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist and author († 1985)
• 1916 » George Montgomery, American actor, stuntman, director, and producer († 2000)
• 1916 » Luther Davis, American playwright and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1917 » Isabel Sanford, American actress († 2004)

• 1889 » Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
• 1891 » Pierre Lallement, French businessman, invented the bicycle (b. 1843)
• 1892 » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
• 1904 » Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
• 1911 » Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (b.1866)
• 1917 » George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833)
• 1930 » William Archibald Spooner, English priest and author (b. 1844)
• 1931 » David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founded Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867)
• 1944 » Attik, Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891)

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 22 » Over 600 people are killed in Guadalajara, Mexico, when a train plunges off the tracks into a deep canyon.
• January 31 » World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia.
• February 22 » World War I: The Imperial German Navy institutes unrestricted submarine warfare.
• March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
• July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
• September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.

The temperature on August 29, 1915 was between 9.1 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.