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• Arend Nijhuis, Ommen († 1917)
• Adriana Hendrika Boogaard, Rotterdam († 1998)
• Adriana Hulterman, Dongen († 1999)
• Anna Blomme, Grammene, OVL, B († 1999)
• Bernardina Martina Vieveen, Veur
• Chijlik
• Azamor Soares Caldeira, Juramento, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1980)
• Adriana Mulder, Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL († 1998)
• Carel Michel LEVI, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Andreas Antonius Marie van Dongen, Breda, NB Netherlands († 1999)

• Anna Geertruid MENSINK (41), Winterswijk, 1935, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriaan Cornelis Nicolaas Jan HOFMAN (30), Haarlemmermeer, NH, Nederland
• Anna van der Eijk (80), Berkel Rodenrijs
• Christina Elisabeth Vliem (0), Zutphen
• Albert Meijer (81), Linde (gem. den Ham Ov)
• Anna Maria Goor (59), Roosendaal
• Anna Gertruida van den Heuvel (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antonia van Grinsven (79), Rotterdam
• catharina Kout (82)
• Casimir Theophiel Ooms (56), Paal, Limburg, België

• 1912 » Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer († 1967)
• 1913 » Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager († 1981)
• 1913 » Israel Gelfand, Russian-American mathematician and biologist († 2009)
• 1915 » Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar († 2007)
• 1916 » Ömer Lütfi Akad, Turkish director and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1917 » Cleveland Amory, American author and critic († 1997)
• 1917 » Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer († 1995)
• 1918 » Allen Drury, American journalist and author († 1998)
• 1919 » Lance Macklin, English race car driver and businessman († 2002)
• 1919 » Marge Champion, American actress, dancer, and choreographer

• 1898 » Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
• 1910 » Henri Rousseau, French painter (b. 1844)
• 1918 » John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1921 » Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b. 1840)
• 1922 » Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (b. 1867)
• 1927 » Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (b. 1878)
• 1934 » Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. 1884)
• 1934 » James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1860)
• 1934 » Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (b. 1908)
• 1937 » Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (b. 1863)

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.
• February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
• May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
• June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
• June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
• July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
• August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.

The temperature on September 2, 1916 was between 7.8 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.