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• Aaltjen van Asselt, Diepenveen († 1994)
• Annie ZAAL († 2004)
• Alida Maria Warmerdam, Hillegom († 2010)
• Al George Rautio († 1987)
• Alida Maria Warmerdam, Gemeente Hillegom, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Antje Ruiten, Den Helder, Nederland († 1996)
• Antoon Aggele van, Amsterdam († 1983)
• Antonie Westenberg, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna ADRIAENSSENS († 1917)
• Alida Berendina Willemsen, Dieren († 1916)

• Christiaan Engelen (67), Kuringen
• Andries Koedood (1), Rotterdam
• Arie den Boer (82), Overschie
• Anthonius Adrianus van Haarlem (0), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Catharina van SOEST, Amsterdam
• Albert Andres (44), Waumandee, Buffalo, Wisconsin
• Antonie Frederik Kool (74), Tienhoven, Nederland
• Adrianus Kist (0), Avereest
• Anna Maria Seger (50), Bad Neuenahr, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Deutschland
• Christina Hendrika Gerarda Swinkels (1), Venray, Li.NL

• 1913 » Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player († 1984)
• 1914 » Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter († 1983)
• 1914 » Paul J. Christiansen, American conductor and composer († 1997)
• 1916 » Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer († 1979)
• 1916 » Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and manager († 2006)
• 1916 » Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist († 1986)
• 1918 » Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier († 1998)
• 1918 » Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader († 2010)
• 1918 » Paul D. Boyer, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1919 » Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricketer († 2003)

• 1891 » Jean-Baptiste Capronnier, Belgian stained glass painter (b. 1814)
• 1913 » John Milne, British geologist and mining engineer. (b. 1850)
• 1914 » Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (b. 1859)
• 1917 » Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
• 1917 » Hedd Wyn, Welsh language poet (b. 1887)
• 1920 » Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Francis Younghusband, British Army Officer, explorer and spiritual writer (b.1863)
• 1943 » Hedley Verity, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1905)
• 1944 » Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)

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.
• January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
• February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
• April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
• June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
• August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

The temperature on July 31, 1916 was between 9.9 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.