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• Adrianus Hendricus van Buul, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1916)
• Abraham van EIKENHORST, Ermelo, Gelderland, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Maria de Groot, Cleve (Duitsland) († 1964)
• Adelgunda van den Haak, Duisburg, Nordrhein Westfalen, Deutschland († 1918)
• Albertus Randwijk, Arnhem († 1916)
• Alva Henry Freese, Wayne Township, Jones County, Iowa († 2002)
• Aaltje Gerritse, Putten († 2015)
• Adriaan Leendert (Ad) Tiemens, Nijkerk († 1993)
• Anneke Heuveling, Utrecht († 1985)
• Adrianus de Hoogh, Dongen, Gemeente Dongen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1916)

• Adriana Looijschelder (1), Delft
• Anne de Vries (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aaltjen Bouwhuis (81), Borculo,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albert Pieters Loppersum (85), Zuidhorn
• Anne Mari OUDEMANS (81), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jalink (3), Rotterdam
• Abe Bienzes Mosselman (72)
• Alida Cornelia Guilaumina Boelen (80)
• Arnoldus Keijzers (4), Halsteren
• Albertus van Rijssen (70), Lonneker, Nederland

• 1913 » Dave Albritton, American high jumper and coach († 1994)
• 1913 » Kermit Tyler, American lieutenant and pilot († 2010)
• 1914 » Orhan Veli Kanık, Turkish poet and author († 1950)
• 1916 » Phyllis Fraser, Welsh-American actress, journalist, and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books († 2006)
• 1917 » Bill Clements, American soldier, engineer, and politician, 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense († 2011)
• 1917 » Robert Orville Anderson, American businessman, founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. († 2007)
• 1919 » Howard Keel, American actor and singer († 2004)
• 1919 » Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American activist, founded American Atheists († 1995)
• 1919 » Roland Gaucher, French journalist and politician († 2007)
• 1920 » Roberto Calvi, Italian banker († 1982)

• 1899 » James Service, Scottish-Australian politician, 12th Premier of Victoria (b. 1823)
• 1909 » Whitley Stokes, Anglo-Irish lawyer and scholar (b. 1830)
• 1910 » William Quiller Orchardson, Scottish-English painter and educator (b. 1835)
• 1911 » George Washington Glick, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Kansas (b. 1827)
• 1911 » John McLane, Scottish-American politician, 50th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1852)
• 1912 » Takuboku Ishikawa, Japanese poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1917 » Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1856)
• 1918 » Lavr Kornilov, Russian general (b. 1870)
• 1927 » Georg Voigt, German politician, Mayor of Frankfurt (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)

• 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.
• May 16 » The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
• June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
• 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 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
• November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

The temperature on April 13, 1916 was between 6.3 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.