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• Arie van den Breul, Driebergen († 1919)
• Alberdina Johanna Bos, Amsterdam († 1923)
• Allen Denby († 1974)
• Antonius Cornelis van Tilburg, Halsteren († 1918)
• Catharina Goudswaard, Nieuw-Helvoet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Alberto Andaló, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brasil († 1959)
• Adrianus Mus, Rotterdam († 1994)
• Alice Louella Burger, Casco Michigan USA, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Alberta Bazuin, Coevorden († 2002)
• Anna, Maria van Wesenbeeck, Kalmthout († 1972)

• Carolus Ludovicus Croes (65), Weert
• Charles Amaury Bigault de Cazanove (71), Saint-Maur, Gers, France
• Antje Glas (82), Winschoten, Nederland
• Aaltien de ROO (70), Emmen
• Alida de ROOIJ (0), Scheveningen
• Antje Glas (82), Winschoten
• Anna Frissen (0), Maastricht
• Baby Newkirk (0), Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina, United States
• Aartje Eylander (74), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arend Jan Seine (0), Avereest

• 1913 » Marios Makrionitis, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Athens († 1959)
• 1913 » Robert R. Gilruth, American pilot and engineer († 2000)
• 1917 » Billy Conn, American boxer († 1993)
• 1917 » Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 1976)
• 1917 » Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1917 » Walter Lord, American historian and author († 2002)
• 1918 » Halfdan Hegtun, Norwegian radio host and politician († 2012)
• 1918 » Jens Christian Skou, Danish chemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1919 » Jack McGrath, American race car driver († 1955)
• 1919 » Kiichi Miyazawa, Japanese politician, 78th Prime Minister of Japan († 2007)

• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1936 » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)

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.
• April 9 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun: German forces launch their third offensive of the battle.
• August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
• August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
• September 17 » World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
• October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

The temperature on October 8, 1916 was between 12.3 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.