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• Carl Johan Arthur OF WISBORG († 2012)
• Adriana Westerbeke, Westkapelle, Walcheren, NL († 1995)
• Arthur Joseph KOSCH, Bellwood, Butler County, Nebraska, United States of America († 1999)
• Benjamin Blankenstein, De Bilt († 2006)
• Bernhard M. Elshof († 1967)
• Anthonius Johannes de Klerk, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1956)
• Bernardus Martinus Elshof, Brummen († 1967)
• Alda Andrade Amado († 2004)
• "Carl Johan" Arthur av Sverige, Stockholm († 2012)
• Blanche Ely († 1992)

• Cornelis KN??ŠPS Jzn (89), Dirksland, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH
• Cornelis Ouwehand (0), Katwijk
• Adriaan Cornelis van de Klooster (9), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Arie Spruit (87), alblasserdam
• Catharina Alida Kooij (67), Haarlem
• Arie Spruijt (87), Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland The Netherlands
• Anna Helena Gerdes (81), Valthermond, Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Abraham Potter (62), Bellingwolde, Nederland
• Antje Mol (75), DannHauzen (Zuid Afrika)
• Abraham Johannes Serle (75), IJzendijke

• 1912 » Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress († 2001)
• 1912 » Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor († 2008)
• 1914 » John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer († 1995)
• 1915 » Jane Jarvis, American pianist and composer († 2010)
• 1916 » Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg († 2012)
• 1917 » Gordon Steege, Australian soldier and pilot († 2013)
• 1917 » William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author († 2016)
• 1918 » Ian Stevenson, American psychiatrist and academic († 2007)
• 1919 » Daphne Oxenford, English actress († 2012)
• 1919 » Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician and author († 2017)

• 1905 » Bryan O'Loghlen, Irish-Australian politician, 13th Premier of Victoria (b. 1828)
• 1913 » William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (b. 1857)
• 1916 » Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1916 » Huang Xing, Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (b. 1874)
• 1918 » Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
• 1920 » Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854)
• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1925 » Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885)
• 1926 » Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
• 1929 » António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)

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.
• March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
• September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
• October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
• December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).

The temperature on October 31, 1916 was between 6.6 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.