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• Johanna Hendrika Otten, Stad Hardenberg († 1992)
• Antje Peetoom, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alje Winkel, Krewerd (Bierum-Gr) († 1975)
• Albertus Stephanus Jozef Lebuines Snoeren, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1985)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Vreeswijk, Linschoten, Utrecht, Nederland († 1915)
• Antje Peetoom, Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Anna Kapper, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Emmanuel Van Landeghem, Temse, België († 1996)
• * Maria (Rie) Enthoven, Amsterdam
• Anna Margaretha Rutjens, Roggel († 1999)

• Barbara Schreiber (92), Vlissingen
• Adriaan Kievit (1), Kruiningen
• Anthonius Mulders (70), Drunen
• Arij Jacob van den Heuvel (1), Vierpolders
• Apcar Aaron Guiseppe Michaël (0), Semarang, Midden-Java, Nederlands-Indië
• Anthony Knottenbelt, Rotterdam
• Alijda (Aleida) Houtman (73), Elburg
• Alijda Galjaart (37), Amsterdam
• Barbera Schreiber (92), Vlissingen (NL)
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Wensch van der (0), Hedikhuizen

• 1908 » Ralph Hill, American runner († 1994)
• 1909 » Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter († 1989)
• 1910 » Imperio Argentina, Argentine-Spanish actress and singer († 2003)
• 1910 » Marguerite Churchill, American actress († 2000)
• 1912 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila († 1962)
• 1913 » Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist († 1958)
• 1914 » Richard Widmark, American actor († 2008)
• 1915 » Rolf Botvid, Swedish actor and screenwriter († 1998)
• 1918 » Georgios Rallis, Greek lieutenant and politician, 173rd Prime Minister of Greece († 2006)
• 1918 » Olga Lopes-Seale, Guyanese-Barbadian singer and radio host († 2011)

• 1869 » Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille, French physician and physiologist (b. 1797)
• 1890 » Heinrich Schliemann, German-Italian archaeologist and author (b. 1822)
• 1909 » Frederic Remington, American painter and illustrator (b. 1861)
• 1923 » Dietrich Eckart, German journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1868)
• 1925 » Jan Letzel, Czech architect, designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (b. 1880)
• 1929 » Albert Giraud, Belgian poet (b. 1860)
• 1931 » Melvil Dewey, American librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal Classification (b. 1851)
• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1933 » Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (b. 1858)
• 1959 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)

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 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
• July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
• August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
• November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
• November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
• November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

The temperature on December 26, 1914 was between -5.0 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.