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• († 1918)
• Aartje Nijveld, Ermelo
• Adrianus van Uitert, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Alphonse Coghe, Epaney, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, Friesland, Nederland († 1988)
• Aaltje Kok, Garderen († 1995)
• Albert Domen, Sint-Lenaarts († 2005)
• Albert E Gillam, Croydon Surrey 2a/520 († 1993)
• anna (an) vullings, helden-beringe († 2006)
• Albertine Henrica Maria Hurkens, Oberhausen (D) († 1982)
• Adriana Cornelia van Alphen, Tilburg († 1993)

• Arend Jan Nijland (89), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Annetje van Middendorp (32)
• Catharina van Hal (47), Oss
• Arend Jan Nijland (89), Utrecht
• Arendina Dieperink (70), winterswijk
• Aalt van Ginkel (78), soest
• Catharina Gerarda Maria Staats (28)
• Alice Collier (64), Mifflin, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Pasveer (48), Rauwerderhem Friesland Nederland
• Abraham Frederiks Noordeloos (34), Enkhuizen

• 1912 » Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician and historian († 1995)
• 1912 » Kim Philby, British spy († 1988)
• 1912 » Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet and academic († 1991)
• 1914 » Noor Inayat Khan, British SOE agent († 1944)
• 1917 » Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer († 2016)
• 1918 » Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 2000)
• 1918 » Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer († 1997)
• 1919 » Carole Landis, American actress († 1948)
• 1919 » J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author († 2010)
• 1919 » Rocky Graziano, American boxer and actor († 1990)

• 1892 » Roswell B. Mason, American lawyer and politician, 25th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)

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 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
• March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
• September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
• November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.

The temperature on January 1, 1916 was between 5.9 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.