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• Albert Alfons Vercauteren, Sint-Gillis-Waas
• Matthé Elisabeth Maria, Beerse, Antwerpen, België († 1987)
• Albert Remigius Van De Velde, Meire
• Albertina Visser, Velsen
• Nn Van Den Hof, Zuidwolde
• Albertus (Bertus) Nijenhuis, Steenwijk
• Alfred Israel Schwifcz, Wien, Wien, Oostenrijk († 1941)
• Agatha Sofia Maria Brinkman, Purmerend († 1992)
• Alberdina Visser, Velsen (NH, NLD)
• Albert Mark Towers, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1999)

• Aleida Maria Kruese (1), Netterden
• Adriana van Drunen (76), Cook County, Illenois (U.S.A)
• Adrijana van Drunen (76), Cook County, Illinois, United States
• Adriaana van Drunen (76), Cook County(Cook), Verenigde Staten
• Albert Bijkerk (34), Munster ( Duitsland )
• Adrianus IJzerdoorn (0), Hees (GL)
• Anna Catharina van den Kroonenberg (68), Venlo
• Alberta Dijkerman (71), Terwolde (gem.Voorst)
• Agnietje Kruijf (52), Nieuwer-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Lisaberta van Brink (0), Almelo

• 1905 » Kenneth Rexroth, American poet, translator, and academic († 1982)
• 1905 » Pierre Brasseur, French-Italian actor and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1905 » Pierre Levegh, French ice hockey player and race car driver († 1955)
• 1907 » Peggy Ashcroft, English actress († 1991)
• 1908 » Giacomo Manzù, Italian sculptor and academic († 1991)
• 1909 » Patricia Hayes, English actress († 1998)
• 1911 » Danny O'Dea, English actor († 2003)
• 1912 » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander († 1943)
• 1912 » Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States († 2007)
• 1913 » Giorgio Oberweger, Italian discus thrower and hurdler († 1998)

• 1880 » George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
• 1891 » Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)
• 1899 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
• 1902 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
• 1918 » Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1939 » Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)

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.
• April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
• May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
• September 23 » The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
• October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
• 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.
• December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The temperature on December 22, 1909 was between -1.1 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 19.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east.