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• Anna Maria Fransen, Vierlingsbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Alida Doornkamp, Driebergen († 1916)
• Albertus Ravensbergen, Rijnsburg († 1916)
• Aletta Blonk, Willeskop († 1918)
• Abraham van Hanegem, Retranchement († 1986)
• Aletta Blonk, Willeskop († 1918)
• Alidor Jacques, Ledegem,8880,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1978)
• Albertus Gerardus van Kessel, Zeelst († 1992)
• Albertje de Vries, Usquert, Groningen, Nederland († 1986)
• Albertus Leopoldus Vleugels († 1968)

• Arien de Boer (65), Oldeholtpade
• Clara Hendrika Jacoba Venneker (16), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Gestel (73), Tilburg
• Cecília Augusta Ferreira da Cunha, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
• Adriana Maria VAN GESTEL (73), Tilburg,Tilburg Municipality,North-Brabant,Netherlands
• Arie van Dorp (71), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den Tillart (69), Veghel
• Cornelia van Boetzelaer (Baronesse) (48), Arnhem
• Albertus Wouterus van der Velde (61), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia van den Boetzelaer (48), Arnhem, Nederland

• 1912 » Amy Patterson, Argentine composer, singer, poet, and teacher († 2019)
• 1912 » Milt Bocek, American baseball player († 2007)
• 1915 » Barnard Hughes, American actor († 2006)
• 1915 » Elaine Barrie, American actress († 2003)
• 1918 » Denis Edward Arnold, English soldier († 2015)
• 1918 » Paul Farnes, famed World War II Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and one of "The Few" surviving pilots of the Battle of Britain († 2020)
• 1918 » Samuel Victor Perry, English biochemist and rugby player († 2009)
• 1919 » Choi Kyu-hah, South Korean politician, 4th President of South Korea († 2006)
• 1919 » Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian SS officer († 1999)
• 1920 » Anatole Broyard, American critic and editor († 1990)

• 1879 » Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1882 » Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States 1861-1865 (b. 1818)
• 1886 » Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 » Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 » Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)

• 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 29 » World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
• July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
• July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
• September 11 » The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.
• September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
• October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.

The temperature on July 16, 1916 was between 10.3 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.