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• Antje Halbes van der Velde, Drachten († 2000)
• Antoon van Leeuwen, Nieuwkoop
• Anna Maria Odilia Boonen, Echt
• Anna van der Veen, Aduard, Groningen, Nederland († 2000)
• Anna Rensina Eggerika GROENEWOLD, Winschoten
• Antonie Bosman, Deventer
• Adriana Gerritje Cornelia Rijnberk, Echteld,Gemeente Neder-Betuwe,Gelderland,Nederland
• Alida Blom, Reeuwijk, ZH, Nederland († 2002)
• Antonius Franciscus van Zwet, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltjen Alida Wulff, Endschede († 1967)

• Adelheid zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (78), Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, Groot Brittanië
• Alida Agneta Vlaar (0), Hoogkarspel, A nr.43
• Aaltje Schuit (Schuijt) (8), Zaandam
• Adelheid van Löwenstein-Wertheim (78), Ryde, Hampshire, England, Great Britain
• Aaltje Van Maanen (52), Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adelheid van Löwenstein-Wertheim (78), Ryde
• Aaltjen Wibbelink (95), Markelo
• Aaltje Jacobus Eppinga (79), Beetgum, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adelaïde de Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (78)
• AALTJE VAN MAANEN (52), Nijkerk

• 1902 » Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet and playwright († 1999)
• 1903 » Hardie Albright, American actor († 1975)
• 1903 » Harold Whitlock, English race walker and coach († 1985)
• 1905 » Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet († 1996)
• 1907 » Barbara Kent, Canadian-born American film actress († 2011)
• 1908 » Remedios Varo, Spanish-Mexican surrealist painter & anarchist († 1963)
• 1910 » Freddie Brown, Peruvian-English cricketer and sportscaster († 1991)
• 1913 » George Ignatieff, Russian-Canadian scholar and diplomat, 8th Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations († 1989)
• 1914 » O. Winston Link, American photographer († 2001)
• 1916 » Ruth Johnson Colvin, American author and educator, founded ProLiteracy Worldwide

• 1892 » Henry Yesler, American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle (b. 1810)
• 1897 » Alphonse Daudet, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1898 » Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and art collector (b. 1832)
• 1908 » American Horse, American tribal leader and educator (b. 1840)
• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)

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

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

• 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
• January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
• February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
• February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
• March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
• June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
• December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.

The temperature on December 16, 1909 was between -5.6 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.