About the day » Friday September 1, 1916Calender converter

• Berchtold Schad von Mittelbiberach, Bensheim, Hessen, Allemagne († 1944)
• Bertha Schut († 2002)
• Aaltje van der Genugten, Hilversum († 1980)
• Burnie Wilson George, Surry Co. North Carolina († 2000)
• (Stillborn) ZWART, Oostdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands († 1916)
• Bartele Meijer († 1963)
• Bertha Verstegen, Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland († 1932)
• Antonie Jan Geensen, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1983)
• Prins, Valthermond (Odoorn)
• van der Neut, Waarder(Goudarak)

• Arie Vosman (0), Rotterdam
• Weijgaert, van de (0), Fijnaart
• Anne van der PLAATS (82), Beetgum, Menaldumadeel
• Arnold Joseph Aretz, Kerkrade
• Alfons VAN WAYENBERG (37), Overboelare
• Antonius Hubertus Kessen (71), Maastricht
• Aafje Grooters, steenwijkerwold
• Anne Lieuwes van der Plaats (82), Beetgum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana van Riel (87), Udenhout
• Adriana Gijsberta Visser (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1913 » Christian Nyby, American director and producer († 1993)
• 1913 » Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1979)
• 1914 » John H. Adams, American jockey († 1995)
• 1916 » Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player († 2014)
• 1919 » Hilda Hänchen, German physicist and academic († 2013)
• 1919 » Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer († 2008)
• 1920 » Eduardo J. Corso, Uruguayan lawyer and journalist († 2012)
• 1920 » Liz Carpenter, American journalist, author, and activist († 2010)
• 1920 » Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman († 2000)
• 1921 » Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright († 1995)

• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)

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.
• April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
• April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
• May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
• June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
• December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

The temperature on September 1, 1916 was between 11.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.