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• Alice Melanie Lockefeer († 1998)
• Bernardus Theodorus Dikhout, Kerkrade († 1916)
• Adrianus van Lambaart, Den Haag († 1977)
• B. VLASBLOM, Brielle († 1959)
• Albertha Margaretha Timpener, Mussel Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) Groningen Nederland († 1988)
• Anna Frissen, Maastricht († 1916)
• André Desiré Charles DHONDT, Gent, Province of East Flanders, Belgium († 2005)
• Rentrop († 1989)
• Albert Vree, Weesp († 2008)
• Albertus Johannes de Rijk, Utrecht († 1916)

• Annechien Majoor (79), Musselkanaal (Onstwedde)
• Antje Schaap (50), SCHIEDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Schaap (50), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Vugt (58), Wijchen
• Alphons Franciscus Van Oostende (48), Gent
• Adriana Christina Burghout (56), Amsterdam
• Ann Mariah Kile (78), Tuscarawas Co., OH
• Anna Cornelia Hartog Hertog(s) Hertogh(s) (63), Bergen op Zoom, NL
• Catherine Josephe Delhougne (79), Luik, Liège, België
• Annigje Bos (67), Kedichem

• 1910 » Jimmy Murphy, Welsh-English footballer and manager († 1989)
• 1911 » Rosetta LeNoire, American actress († 2002)
• 1915 » James Elliott, American runner and coach († 1981)
• 1919 » Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor and producer († 2010)
• 1919 » John David Wilson, English animator and producer († 2013)
• 1920 » Jimmy Witherspoon, American jump blues singer († 1997)
• 1920 » Leo Chiosso, Italian songwriter and producer († 2006)
• 1921 » Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress († 2013)
• 1921 » Webb Pierce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1991)
• 1921 » William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)

• 1898 » Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
• 1902 » James Tissot, French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
• 1902 » John Henry Twachtman, American painter and academic (b. 1853)
• 1909 » Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1920 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
• 1928 » Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874)
• 1934 » Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)

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 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• April 25 » Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.
• 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.
• 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 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)

The temperature on August 8, 1916 was between 7.8 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.