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• * Gerardus Johannes (Jan) Logtens, Boekel († 1990)
• Alida Beentjes, Castricum († 1988)
• Anna Maria Schoonens, Boxtel († 1915)
• Albert Otten, Bottrop,,Deutschland († 1918)
• Alice Anna Maria van de VELDE, Sint Jansteen (Zeeland) (NL) († 2002)
• Alfred Franz Johann de Nepomuk Maximilian Karl Gerhard Benedikt Mari, Prinz von Croÿ, Slabetz († 1943)
• van Oorschot, Ridderkerk
• Albertus Dankelman, Arriën († 1989)
• Alexander Joseph Marie Tummers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Hoving, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• Baukje Faber (78), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
• Baukje Faber (78), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Catharina van Herwaarden (93), Dordrecht
• Blanche Raphaela Harris (51), St Louis # 1, LA
• Anna von MEYERINCK (77), Meran, Bozen-Zuid-Tirol, Italië
• Antonius Gerardus Hendrikus Oldenhof (1), Raalte
• Antonia Maria von Braganza (68), Sigmaringen, Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Duitsland
• van Oorschot (0), Ridderkerk
• Catharina van Herewaarden (93), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes Koenen (27), Utrecht

• 1906 » Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor († 1994)
• 1908 » Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1980)
• 1910 » Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American educator and author († 1999)
• 1910 » Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player († 1988)
• 1912 » Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council († 2012)
• 1913 » Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins († 1967)
• 1914 » Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet († 2013)
• 1914 » Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer († 2005)
• 1916 » Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet († 2000)
• 1917 » Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic († 1983)

• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)

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

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

• 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.
• 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 6.1 million citizens.
• March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
• March 26 » First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
• April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
• April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
• May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
• June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.

The temperature on December 17, 1913 was between 4.2 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.