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• Bernice Caroline Eckhoff, Plainfield, Bremer County, Iowa († 2006)
• Adolf Cornelis Le Poole, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1987)
• Albertus Johannesz Ouderling, Vollenhove, ov.nld († 1999)
• Adrianus Johannes Nous, Ginneken en Bavel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)
• Aalt Reezigt, Doornspijk (Elburg), Gld, NL († 1963)
• Albertus Ouderling, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland († 1999)
• Agnes Catharina Antonia van Kessel, Empel († 2010)
• Agnes Catharina Antonia van kessel, Empel († 2010)
• Adrianus Johannes Nous, Ginneken en Bavel († 1994)
• Adriana Bartol, Gorinchem († 2005)

• Aukje Nijboer, Tietjerksteradeel
• Aafje van der Berg (1), Den Haag
• Adriana de Wit (39), Alphen aan den Rijn
• Alle van der Wal (41), Drogeham, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus van der Meij (1), Oegstgeest
• Adriana de Vreugd (78), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alle Siemens van der Wal (41), Drogeham
• Hendrika Bremer (Gremer) (88), Zwolle
• Albertus van der Meij (1), Oegstgeest
• Cornelis Jansen (68), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1910 » Freddie Slack, American pianist and bandleader († 1965)
• 1911 » István Bibó, Hungarian lawyer and politician († 1979)
• 1911 » Nicholas Ray, American director and screenwriter († 1979)
• 1913 » George Van Eps, American guitarist († 1998)
• 1916 » Kermit Love, American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer († 2008)
• 1918 » C. Buddingh', Dutch poet and translator († 1985)
• 1918 » Gordon Zahn, American sociologist and author († 2007)
• 1921 » Karel Husa, Czech-American composer and conductor († 2016)
• 1921 » Manitas de Plata, French guitarist († 2014)
• 1924 » Kenneth Kendall, Indian-English journalist and actor († 2012)

• 1893 » Alfredo Catalani, Italian composer and academic (b. 1854)
• 1899 » Jacob Maris, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1837)
• 1900 » Wilhelm Liebknecht, German lawyer and politician (b. 1826)
• 1912 » François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss limnologist and academic (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Edwin Harris Dunning, South African-English commander and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian actor and director (b. 1863)
• 1941 » Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1957 » Oliver Hardy, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1892)

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.
• March 16 » The 7th and 10th US cavalry regiments under John J. Pershing cross the US–Mexico border to join the hunt for Pancho Villa.
• June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
• 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 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
• August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
• September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.

The temperature on August 7, 1916 was between 9.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.