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• Christiaan Pals, Groningen († 2001)
• Cecilia Mercedes de Angulo Arboleda († 2014)
• Aart Juffer, Nederland († 2007)
• Antonius Hubertus Wilhelmus (Tonny) BEEKS, Kessel (NL/LI) († 1987)
• Anna Cäcilia Vergossen, Saeffelen (D) († 1979)
• Adriana van de Weijgert, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Alida Wilhelmina van Keulen, Tiel,4001,Gelderland,Nederland
• CHARLE ALFONS TRUYENS, ST NICOLAS († 1938)
• Albert Alais Treep, Heerde, Gelderland, The Netherlands († 2012)
• Antonius Hubertus Wilhelmus Beeks, Kessel, Nederland († 1987)

• Arnolda van Ooijen (65), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anton Van Der Linde (1904)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Vorselen (1), Thorn
• Barbara Demey (80), Sint-Kruis, 8310, Brugge, West Vlaanderen
• Adelbert Hendrik ZWARTKRUIS (87), Elst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arij Breukel (0), Maasland
• Bernardus IJsseldijk (82), Vaassen, gem. Epe
• Aafke BUIS (0), Zoutkamp (Ulrum) Groningen Netherlands
• Andries Melse (76), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Arie Haak (84), Zevenhuizen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1915 » Al Hibbler, American baritone singer († 2001)
• 1916 » Iggy Katona, American race car driver († 2003)
• 1917 » Matt Christopher, American author († 1997)
• 1917 » Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator († 2008)
• 1919 » Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain († 2014)
• 1920 » Charles Bukowski, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer († 1994)
• 1922 » Ernie Freeman, American pianist and bandleader († 2001)
• 1922 » James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer († 2011)
• 1923 » Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian journalist and playwright († 2012)
• 1924 » Fess Parker, American actor († 2010)

• 1899 » Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 » José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 » Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 » Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 » Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 » George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 » Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Gerardus
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Albert
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
16. Alida

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
• February 11 » Friedrich Ebert (SPD), is elected President of Germany.
• June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
• June 15 » John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
• June 21 » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
• August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.

The temperature on August 16, 1919 was between 8.9 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.