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• Bernard Willem de Koning, Groningen († 1943)
• Bartholomeus Petrus Bynsdorp, Haarlemmerliede, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Antonius Frederik Maria Pappot, Ouder-Amstel († 1947)
• Bartholomeus Petrus Bijnsdorp, Haarlemmerliede, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Charles Norman Shaw, Campbellford, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada († 1981)
• Christina, Elizabeth Melkert, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland († 2010)
• Christiaan Maria Beekman († 1943)
• * Hendrik (Henk) Paardenkoper, Kockenge († 1993)
• Cornelia Neeltje Rijsdijk, IJsselmonde († 1921)
• Bep Slikke († 1998)

• Anna Maria Hartman (18), Leerdam
• Daniel de Beer (8), Zwartewaal, Voorne-Putten
• Roelof Pals (43), Emmen
• Ate Elzinga (85), Meppel
• Casper van Gurp (83), Stad aan 't Haringvliet, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina KOOIMAN (35), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Nijs (86), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Altjo Hulsing (5), Groningen (NL)
• Casper Piena (48), ¬¥s-Gravenhage
• Adrianus de Nijs (86), Fijnaart,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1916 » Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author († 1989)
• 1917 » Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop († 1980)
• 1917 » Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland († 1999)
• 1919 » Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author († 2007)
• 1919 » Huntz Hall, American actor († 1999)
• 1920 » Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter († 2008)
• 1921 » August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director († 2012)
• 1922 » Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer († 2005)
• 1922 » Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator († 2000)
• 1922 » Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager († 1988)

• 1907 » Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)

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.
• February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
• April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
• May 27 » The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
• June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
• June 23 » Estonian War of Independence: The decisive defeat of the Baltische Landeswehr in the Battle of Cēsis; this date is celebrated as Victory Day in Estonia.
• September 28 » Race riots begin in Omaha, Nebraska.

The temperature on August 15, 1919 was between 6.1 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.