About the day » Wednesday September 13, 1916Calender converter

• Berend Hedzers Drent, Suameer, Tietjerkstradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• Bronisław Gromadziński, Mengede(Dortmund, Niemcy († 2009)
• Adriaan Struik, Haarlemmermeer, Nederland († 2003)
• Nn Post, Hoogeveen († 1916)
• Alphonsus Antonius Silvester van den Bichelaer, BS Eindhoven Deel 29 Jaar 1903 Akte 43 († 1916)
• Bartholomeus Cornelis Otto, Ter Aar (Langeraar) († 1988)
• Catharina Pieternella Tijmons, Rotterdam († 2014)
• Albertus Kraster, Groningen († 1940)
• Charles Wesley Randall, Tennessee († 1968)
• Anne van der Leest, Emmer-Erfscheidenveen, Emmen († 1996)

• Antonius Vogd (41), Papenburg
• Nn Post (0), Hoogeveen
• Ayelt Krull (94), Schirumer-Leegmoor, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Antonius van Dorrestein (0), Soest, Nederland
• Aagtje Hilberts (2), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barbara Kraan van der (0), Hillegersberg
• Anna Cornelia Engels (76), Haarlem
• Adriana Driessen (16), Valkenswaard
• Anna Maria Geenen (61), Baarlo
• Anthonius van Dorrestein (0), Soest, Utrecht, NL

• 1912 » Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician († 1995)
• 1912 » Reta Shaw, American actress († 1982)
• 1914 » Leonard Feather, English-American pianist, composer, producer, and journalist († 1994)
• 1916 » Roald Dahl, British novelist, poet, and screenwriter († 1990)
• 1917 » Carol Kendall, American historian and author († 2012)
• 1917 » Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator († 2013)
• 1918 » Dick Haymes, Argentinian actor and singer († 1980)
• 1918 » Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter and conductor († 2015)
• 1919 » George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, Austrian-English journalist, publisher, and philanthropist († 2016)
• 1919 » Mary Midgley, English philosopher and author († 2018)

• 1905 » René Goblet, French lawyer and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1910 » Rajanikanta Sen, Bangladeshi poet and composer (b. 1865)
• 1912 » Joseph Furphy, Australian author and poet (b. 1843)
• 1912 » Nogi Maresuke, Japanese general (b. 1849)
• 1913 » Aurel Vlaicu, Romanian pilot and engineer (b. 1882)
• 1915 » Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (b. 1835)
• 1918 » Frederic Crowninshield, American artist and author (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Jatindra Nath Das, Indian activist (b. 1904)
• 1931 » Lili Elbe, Danish model and painter (b. 1882)

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 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
• February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
• June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
• 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.
• December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

The temperature on September 13, 1916 was between 8.6 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.