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• Adriana Johanna VRENSEN, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Stelling, Wormerveer († 1968)
• Ate Jan Aldert METER, Marum Groningen Netherlands († 1992)
• Arie Maasdam, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Adrianus Henricus van Veen, Tilburg († 1976)
• Aleida Johanna Steggink, Oud Ootmarsum († 1935)
• Alina Gerbrandina Ramaker, Appingedam
• * Elisabeth Adriana Notenboom, Rotterdam
• Adrianus Gerardus van de Ven, Wintelre († 2005)
• Annie Gerda Schönherr, Fort De Kock (Sumatra) († 1995)

• Areke Johanna van Haarlem (4), Buurmalsen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Rietveld (37), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Andrew John Neville (73), Killbuck, Holmes Co., Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Clazina Maria Adriana Schippers (4), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clyde Henri Querreveld (2)
• Augusta Trench
• Aartje Hengeveld (73), Doorwerth
• (l.l.) Post (0), Maassluis
• Antonio Andrighette (73), Ibaté, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Veronica CEUNEN (72), Paal, 3583, Beringen, Limburg, België

• 1911 » Chet Huntley, American journalist († 1974)
• 1912 » Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan († 1976)
• 1912 » René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician († 1990)
• 1913 » Harry Locke, English actor († 1987)
• 1913 » Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1996)
• 1913 » Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American composer († 1988)
• 1913 » Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer († 1976)
• 1914 » Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer († 1996)
• 1915 » Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot († 2006)
• 1916 » Walt Arfons, American race car driver († 2013)

• 1896 » Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
• 1909 » Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)
• 1911 » Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
• 1917 » Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
• 1920 » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Harry Crosby, American publisher and poet (b. 1898)
• 1932 » Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1857)

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

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

• 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 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 6.2 million citizens.
• May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
• August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
• August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
• September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
• October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
• November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

The temperature on December 10, 1914 was between 3.8 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.