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• Antonie Aart Koolhaas, Kamperveen, Nederland († 1965)
• Berber van der Galiën, Akkerwoude († 2002)
• Adam Hendrik Aretz († 1974)
• Augustinus (agus) Souisa, Hari-Saparua, Nederlands Oost-Indië
• Antonio da Matta Ribeiro Filho, Bom Jardim, Pernambuco, Brasil († 2007)
• Albert Meringa, Sleen Coevorden Drenthe Nederland († 1999)
• Augusta Femmetje Visser, Schoten († 1916)
• Arie Trouwborst, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• Abraham Leonardus ( Bram ) van Amelsvoord ( Pelders ), Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands († 2005)
• * Johannes Andreas (Joop) Schilder, Heerhugowaard († 1978)

• Ebeltje Jan Mulder (77), Leens
• Antonetta Johanna Alberta Gevers (0), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Arendje Looije (20), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Lindhoudt (48), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aletta Margaretha Mersman (5), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Annigje Diepenhorst (71), Strijen
• Bastiana Jacomina de JONGE (1), Kloetinge, Zeeland, Nederland
• Christopher Cronk (69), Bogantungan, Queensland, Australia
• Andreas Marie Effting (66), Enschede, 7500, Nederland
• Cornelis van den Berg (57), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1909 » Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist († 1992)
• 1912 » Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 1995)
• 1914 » Doug Wright, English cricketer and coach († 1998)
• 1916 » Bill Lee, American actor and singer († 1980)
• 1916 » Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter († 2005)
• 1917 » Leonid Hurwicz, Russian economist and mathematician († 2008)
• 1918 » Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach († 2004)
• 1921 » Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic († 2014)
• 1922 » Albert Irvin, English soldier and painter († 2015)
• 1923 » Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager († 2014)

• 1888 » James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)
• 1905 » Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)
• 1910 » Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)
• 1935 » John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)
• 1940 » Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• January 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
• April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
• April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
• July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
• September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
• September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.

The temperature on August 21, 1916 was between 8.2 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.