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• Berendina Greevink, Valthermond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland († 2008)
• Berendina Helena Fontain, Rotterdam († 2000)
• Adrianus Klarenbeek, Bunnik († 1941)
• Albert ROOSEN, Bilzen († 1987)
• Aaltje van de Kamp, Putten († 1983)
• Antonie Struijk, Pernis († 1996)
• Bernardus Hunnink, hengelo
• Adrianus Klarenbeek, Bunnik, Nederland († 1941)
• Albert ROOSEN, Bilzen (Limburg) (B) († 1987)
• Anna Petronella Molmans, Boxmeer († 1998)

• Blazina Goulooze (77), Wissenkerke
• Aaltjen Jansen (83), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Speekman (69), Haarlemmermeer, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Blasina Goulooze (77), Wissenkerke ZB
• Aukeia Helene Arnoldusen Oostinga (29), Almelo
• Aaltje Jansen (83), Hengelo
• Adriaan Diepstraten (30), Princenhage, Nederland
• Berend Hendrik Legters (27), Macon, GA (US)
• Alice Gerarda Clémence Maria Wilde (13), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• August Landwehr (74), Sheboygan, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten

• 1913 » Sidney Dillon Ripley, American ornithologist and academic († 2001)
• 1914 » Kenneth More, English actor († 1982)
• 1915 » Malik Meraj Khalid, Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan († 2003)
• 1917 » Clarice Taylor, American actress († 2011)
• 1917 » Fernando Rey, Spanish actor († 1994)
• 1917 » Obdulio Varela, Uruguayan footballer († 1996)
• 1917 » Olga Dahl, Swedish genealogist († 2009)
• 1917 » Red Auerbach, American basketball player and coach († 2006)
• 1918 » Horace Gould, English race car driver († 1968)
• 1920 » Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions († 1989)

• 1898 » Theodor Fontane, German author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1906 » Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (b. 1834)
• 1908 » Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
• 1927 » George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1864)
• 1930 » Gombojab Tsybikov, Russian anthropologist and explorer (b. 1873)
• 1932 » Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (b. 1870)
• 1933 » Annie Besant, English theosophist and activist (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Paul Bruchési, Canadian archbishop (b. 1855)
• 1945 » Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Brazilian politician, President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1945 » William Seabrook, American occultist, journalist, and explorer (b. 1884)

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. Grietje
14. Geertruida
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.
• 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.
• July 7 » The New Zealand Labour Party was founded in Wellington.
• October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
• November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
• November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
• December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).

The temperature on September 20, 1916 was between 3.5 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.