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• Anjelinus DOORNBOS († 1981)
• Adriana (Adri) van der Sluijs, Brouwershaven, Nederland († 1999)
• Albertje Pullen, Bergentheim († 1923)
• Albertje Pullen, Bergentheim, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 1923)
• Antonius Johannes van der Putten, Noordwijk († 1991)
• Anna Cornelia Lacor, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agnes V Carraher, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania († 1986)
• Adrien Louis de Caluwé, Sas van Gent, Zeeland, Nederland († 1991)
• Annie Maie Kiefer († 1997)
• Aaltje Popken, Amsterdam († 1971)

• Anna Bouwkamp (56), Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonius Paulus Zwartjes (45), Amsterdam
• Aleida Timmer (61), De Bilt-Bilthoven, Utrecht, Nederland
• Constantia Margaretha Kolff van Oosterwijk (64), Transvaal, Zuid Afrika
• Bridget Maria DOYLE (86), "Waratah" 18 Fernbank St, Marrickville, NSW, Australia
• Antonius Logtenberg (0), Middel (Olst)
• Manroh (0), Gasselte
• Bismarck Spencer Dreyer (8), Harrismith. FS, South Africa
• Abraham van Zanten (24), Rotterdam
• Aaltje Buijs (3), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1913 » Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic († 1993)
• 1913 » Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot († 2008)
• 1914 » Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum († 1989)
• 1914 » Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright († 1992)
• 1915 » David Dellinger, American activist († 2004)
• 1915 » Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile († 2005)
• 1915 » James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope († 2007)
• 1917 » John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2001)
• 1918 » Mary McGrory, American journalist and author († 2004)
• 1920 » Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer and screenwriter († 2012)

• 1903 » Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
• 1904 » Kate Chopin, American novelist and poet (b. 1850)
• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
• 1926 » Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
• 1933 » Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)
• 1940 » Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)

• 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 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
• June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• 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.
• August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
• September 8 » In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.

The temperature on August 22, 1916 was between 11.4 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.