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• Antonius Groten Steenwelle, Borne († 1990)
• Barendina (Dien) Vlietman, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Barendina VLIETMAN, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Berendina Barelds, Meppen, Emsland, Duitsland († 2002)
• - Knubben, Schin op Geul, Limburg, Nederland († 1916)
• Anna Cremers, Nieuwenhagen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1981)
• Anna Gerarda Maria van den Ende, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Ann Margaret Kingsford MARSHAM († 1961)
• Anne Eula House († 1995)
• Adriana Catharina Maria de Vree, Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland († 1984)

• Aaltje Harms Bos (86), Oude Pekela,Gemeente Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van BAALEN (99), Maassluis
• Antonie vanSon (58), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Antonia Vervloedt (65), Asperen
• Catherine Allison (84), Huntingdon Co. Pennsylvania
• Adriana van Balen (99), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Bax (1), Maastricht
• Anna Cornelia van Oord, De Werken en Sleewijk
• Anna Catharina TIELEN (86), Bocholt,, Limburg, België
• Arie Harteveld (61), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1912 » Ruhi Su, Turkish singer-songwriter († 1985)
• 1913 » Grandpa Jones, American singer-songwriter and banjo player († 1998)
• 1914 » Fayard Nicholas, American actor, dancer, and choreographer († 2006)
• 1917 » Jean-Pierre Melville, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1917 » Stéphane Hessel, German-French activist and diplomat († 2013)
• 1918 » Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot († 2013)
• 1918 » Robert Lochner, American-German soldier and journalist († 2003)
• 1919 » Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic († 2008)
• 1920 » Fanny de Sivers, Estonian-French linguist and academic († 2011)
• 1920 » Nick Cardy, American illustrator († 2013)

• 1894 » James Anthony Froude, English historian, novelist, biographer and editor (b. 1818)
• 1900 » Naim Frashëri, Albanian poet and translator (b. 1846)
• 1908 » Vaiben Louis Solomon, Australian politician, 21st Premier of South Australia (b. 1853)
• 1910 » David B. Hill, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of New York (b. 1843)
• 1926 » Eugene V. Debs, American union leader and politician (b. 1855)
• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)

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 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
• June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
• June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
• August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
• November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

The temperature on October 20, 1916 was between -2.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.