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• Albertje Wallet, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1995)
• Albert Heirbaut, ZWIJNDRECHT († 1978)
• Albertus Alphonsus TUERLINCKX, Rillaar Vlaams Brabant * († 1995)
• Berendina Maria Geertruida Peters, Zwartemeer, Emmen († 1998)
• Catharina van Heusden, Zuilichem, GEL, Nederland († 2016)
• Alida van Leeuwen, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• Albrecht Leopold Broothaers, Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1997)
• Augustinus Heinrich (Joet) BECKS, Wesel/Wezel (NL/GE) Lived Aalten/Wisch (NL/GE) († 1996)
• Anna Martha Cremers, Eijgelshoven († 1917)
• Alida Helena Teuben, Groningen († 1954)

• Barend Oosterbeek (78), Doorn, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Maria - Anna Jansen (82), Emmer-Compascuum, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Catharina Margaretha WENDORF (91), Burg/Fehmarn (DE)
• Aaltjen Timmer (80), Veendam, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adeline Adelaide Troislouche (85), Merville, Nord, Hauts-de-France, Friesland, Nederland
• Alphons Frans Martin Paul Diederen (4), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Celinda Dewey Hickock (77), Valley City, Barnes, North Dakota, United States
• Albertje de Boer (16), Genemuiden 38
• Adrianus Wijnandus Deltenre (0)
• Christina Helena Grada Strikkeling (10), Didam

• 1912 » June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer († 2010)
• 1912 » Stylianos Pattakos, Greek general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece († 2016)
• 1913 » Lou Ambers, American boxer († 1995)
• 1914 » Norman Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer
• 1918 » Hermann Zapf, German typographer and calligrapher († 2015)
• 1918 » Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier († 1999)
• 1919 » James S. Ackerman, American historian and academic († 2016)
• 1920 » Esther Rolle, American actress († 1998)
• 1920 » Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal († 2012)
• 1920 » Sitara Devi, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer († 2014)

• 1887 » Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 » César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 » Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1901 » James Agnew, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 » Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 » Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1934 » Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)

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 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
• 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.
• August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
• August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
• November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.

The temperature on November 8, 1916 was between 5.4 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.