About the day » Sunday August 20, 1916Calender converter

• Antoon Middag, Bunnik († 1987)
• Cornelia Everdina Zweers, Herwen &, Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland († 1984)
• Cesar Emiel Claus, Laarne († 1981)
• Cornelia Hendrika Du Chatinier, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1954)
• Antje de Vries, buiksloot († 1999)
• Aaltje Annes Riedstra, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernard Liefrink, Nijmegen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1989)
• Casper Hommes, Onderdendam ( Bedum ) († 1973)
• Adriana Cornelia Leite, 's-Gravenhage (Zuid-Holland, NLD) († 1944)
• Antonius Bernardus van Loon, Lage Mierde († 1917)

• Cornelia Dirven (74), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Bernardus Lanting (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Melle Hoekstra (51)
• Cornelis de Veth (51), Oudenbosch
• Derkje Scheerhoorn (1), Grootegast
• Alexander Shand Riddell (19), Salonika
• Arie van Pelt (0), IJsselmonde
• Adriana Maria Jacoba Palm (82), Den Helder
• Alfred WHIFFEN (58)
• Alida Nieuwets (44), haarlem

• 1910 » Eero Saarinen, Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch († 1961)
• 1912 » John H. Michaelis, American general († 1985)
• 1913 » Roger Wolcott Sperry, American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1916 » Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player and chemist († 1984)
• 1917 » Terry Sanford, 65th Governor of North Carolina († 1998)
• 1918 » Jacqueline Susann, American actress and author († 1974)
• 1919 » Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Greek lawyer, educator and politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 2000)
• 1919 » Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and producer
• 1921 » Jack Wilson, Australian cricketer († 1985)
• 1921 » Keith Froome, Australian rugby league player († 1978)

• 1893 » Alexander Wassilko von Serecki, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)
• 1897 » Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (b. 1827)
• 1912 » William Booth, English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1914 » Pope Pius X (b. 1835)
• 1915 » Paul Ehrlich, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)
• 1917 » Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)
• 1919 » Greg MacGregor, Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)
• 1930 » Charles Bannerman, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)
• 1936 » Edward Weston, English-American chemist (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Agnes Giberne, Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)

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. Grietje
14. Geertruida
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 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
• April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
• April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
• June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
• November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

The temperature on August 20, 1916 was between 10.6 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.