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• Andreas (Andre) Smits, Oud-Valkenburg, Limburg, Netherlands († 2009)
• Anna Pieters Hoen, Beets († 2005)
• Andreas (Andre) Smits, Oud-Valkenburg († 2009)
• Antonius Johannes Maria Ghijben, Tilburg,Gemeente Tilburg,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1938)
• "kind van Vrouwelijk" van Leeuwen, Velsen († 1916)
• Antonius Venrooij, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1974)
• Baukje Kuiken, Sint Annaparochie († 1953)
• Anna Bertha Bruins, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Anna Marie Meester, Pleasant Valley Township, Grundy County, Iowa († 1999)
• Antoon Rutting, Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

• Adrianus Cornelis Groenendaal (0), Raamsdonk
• Adolf Woldendorp (71), Groningen
• Annetje Pietertje Hartog (33), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Conrad Hauser (88), Assen
• "kind van Vrouwelijk" van Leeuwen (0), Velsen
• Alijda Janssen (69), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Geertruida Impink (15), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Pruijssen (45), Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Groenendaal (0), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christianus Henricus van der Vlugt (0), Ter Aar (Papenveer)

• 1913 » Méret Oppenheim, German-Swiss painter and photographer († 1985)
• 1914 » Joan Littlewood, English director and playwright († 2002)
• 1914 » Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnographer and explorer († 2002)
• 1915 » Alice Timander, Swedish dentist and actress († 2007)
• 1915 » Carolyn Goodman, American psychologist and activist († 2007)
• 1915 » Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal († 1983)
• 1916 » Chiang Wei-kuo, Japanese-Chinese general († 1997)
• 1917 » Fannie Lou Hamer, American activist and philanthropist († 1977)
• 1918 » André Pilette, French-Belgian race car driver († 1993)
• 1918 » Goh Keng Swee, Singaporean soldier and politician, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore († 2010)

• 1883 » Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1852)
• 1891 » Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician (b. 1846)
• 1892 » Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet (b. 1809)
• 1912 » Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1829)
• 1923 » Damat Ferid Pasha, Ottoman politician, 285th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1853)
• 1942 » Siegmund Glücksmann, German politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Leonardo Conti, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer and critic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founded the Kellogg Company (b. 1860)

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 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
• March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
• April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
• December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

The temperature on October 6, 1916 was between 13.1 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.