About the day » Friday September 1, 1916Calender converter

• Antonie Jan Geensen, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 1983)
• Antoon BRUNSVELD, Aalten, Nederland, Gelderland, IJzerlo
• Anje (Ann) SCHAAF, Chicago Cook County Illinois U.S.A († 1994)
• Bertha Verstegen, Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland († 1932)
• Anna Kornelia Heindijk, Nieuw-Helvoet († 2010)
• Bartele Meijer († 1963)
• Burnie Wilson George, Surry Co. North Carolina († 2000)
• Abigail de Oliveira, Vicência, Pernambuco, Brasil († 1998)
• Adrianus (Arie) Slotemaker, Beverwijk, The Netherlands († 1980)
• Aaltje van der Genugten, Hilversum († 1980)

• Adriana Gijsberta Visser (66), Rotterdam
• Aldegonda Antonia Josephina Delsing (16), venlo
• Adriana Gijsberta Visser (66), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Bottema (79), Ten Post (Ten Boer)
• Anne Lieuwes van der Plaats (82), Berlikum
• (Stillborn) ZWART (0), Oostdongeradeel Friesland Netherlands
• Arnold Joseph Aretz, Kerkrade
• Antonius Hubertus Kessen (71), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Aafke Jans BOTTEMA (79), Ten Post (Ten Boer) Groningen Netherlands
• Adriana van Riel (87), Udenhout

• 1913 » Christian Nyby, American director and producer († 1993)
• 1913 » Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator († 1979)
• 1914 » John H. Adams, American jockey († 1995)
• 1916 » Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player († 2014)
• 1919 » Hilda Hänchen, German physicist and academic († 2013)
• 1919 » Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer († 2008)
• 1920 » Eduardo J. Corso, Uruguayan lawyer and journalist († 2012)
• 1920 » Liz Carpenter, American journalist, author, and activist († 2010)
• 1920 » Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman († 2000)
• 1921 » Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author, poet, and playwright († 1995)

• 1868 » Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1799)
• 1922 » Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)

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.
• February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
• March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
• April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
• June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
• November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

The temperature on September 1, 1916 was between 11.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.