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• Aart ten Hove, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1987)
• Arent de Graaf, Groningen († 1998)
• Adrianus Johannes van Gerven, Oirschot († 1989)
• Aaltje VAN LINGEN, Warfstermolenhuizen (Kollumerland c.a.) Friesland Netherlands († 1993)
• Arie Sion Bakker, Kiel († 1997)
• Aaltje van Lingen, Warfstermolen, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland († 1993)
• Aleta M Misner, Edmore, Montcalm, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1984)
• Adriana Guijt, Katwijk († 1986)
• Bertha Adriana FENNEMA, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah († 1999)
• Catharina Maria Clavan, 's-Gravenhage

• Angelina Le Blon (33), Antwerpen, België
• Cornelius Singleton (85), Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland
• Adriana Cornelia VAN HOLLAND (0), Amersfoort
• Cornelia Bredijk (22), AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Gerrits Rebel (59), Huizen
• Deborah Amanda Hawkins (52)
• Antje Koorn (69), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje GROOTVELD (81), Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H)
• Cornelis Nannes (52), Hoogwoud
• Benjamin Franklin Crites (81), Galveston, Indiana, United States

• 1911 » Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader († 1970)
• 1911 » Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician († 1998)
• 1913 » Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer († 2012)
• 1913 » Helen Levitt, American photographer and cinematographer († 2009)
• 1914 » Richard Basehart, American actor († 1984)
• 1915 » Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach († 2008)
• 1916 » Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author († 2010)
• 1916 » Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach († 2011)
• 1916 » John S. Wold, American geologist and politician († 2017)
• 1918 » Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer († 1986)

• 1908 » Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)
• 1910 » Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
• 1912 » Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)
• 1920 » Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
• 1927 » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (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 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
• 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 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
• 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 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
• October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

The temperature on August 31, 1915 was between 7.2 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.