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• August Dijkstra, Koetajara († 1995)
• Andrew James Devenny, North Carolina († 1987)
• Anna Cornelia Cuijpers († 1993)
• Alexandra Margaretha Anna Cavendish-Bentinck, Londen († 2008)
• Adriana Brouwer, Vlaardingen († 1972)
• Anthony Arcuri († 1993)
• Alexandre Cavenaile, Franklin Crawford († 1992)
• Albertus Arnoldus Wils, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1919)
• Aleida Klaziena Siertsema, Usquert (gem. Het Hogeland) († 1998)
• Agatha Maria (Agaath) Boeters, Wateringen, Nederland († 2003)

• Adrianus Klerks (82), Kruiningen, Nederland
• Arie(n) Wonder (55), Hoorn
• Cornelis Gooijer (60), Velsen
• Antje Koens (39), Zwolle, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Barbara Johanna Kroon (34), Leimuiden
• Andries Lubertus van den Berkt (0), De Bilt
• Albert Jan Daggert (53), Overwetering (Olst)
• Antonia Colvoort (79), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Minnes Kramer (53)
• Andreas Karel Lauterbach, Namlea, Molukken, Nederlands Oost-Indië

• 1912 » Wayne Barlow, American organist, composer, and director († 1996)
• 1913 » Julie Gibson, American actress and singer († 2019)
• 1913 » Leônidas, Brazilian footballer († 2004)
• 1915 » Ed Oliver, American golfer († 1961)
• 1915 » Franz Josef Strauss, German lieutenant and politician, Minister President of Bavaria († 1988)
• 1917 » George Mann, English cricketer († 2001)
• 1917 » John Berry, American-French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1917 » Philipp von Boeselager, German soldier and economist († 2008)
• 1919 » Wilson Greatbatch, American engineer and philanthropist († 2011)
• 1920 » Elvira Pagã, Brazilian actress, singer, and author († 2003)

• 1885 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer, designed the Ictineo I and Ictineo II (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Charles Jamrach, German-English businessman (b. 1815)
• 1902 » Frederick Abel, English chemist and engineer (b. 1827)
• 1907 » Sully Prudhomme, French poet and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Lord Charles Beresford, English admiral and politician (b. 1846)
• 1927 » William Libbey, American target shooter and geographer (b. 1855)
• 1938 » John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1907)
• 1939 » Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1944 » James Cannon Jr., American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
• 1945 » John S. McCain Sr., American admiral (b. 1884)

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.
• April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
• April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
• July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
• September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
• December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

The temperature on September 6, 1916 was between 7.6 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.