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• Adriaan Cornelis OELE, Ellewoutsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha de Jong, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred van der Werff, Reasnor, Jasper County, Iowa († 1974)
• Anne Drenth, Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1916)
• Alida Clasina Bom, Watergraafsmeer, Amsterdam († 1968)
• Anna Maria Francisca Stultiens, Weert († 1998)
• Antonia Cornelia Broere, Zevenbergen († 1989)
• Ana Beckhäuser, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Anna Maria van Oosterbosch, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant (Nederland) († 2009)
• Antina Russchen († 1989)

• Abraham de Hullu (83), Zuidzande
• Aagtje Keppel (75), Lynden (Washington USA)
• Abraham de Hullu (82), Zuidzande, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albertus Cornelis Mom (0), Nijmegen
• Anna Groenhout
• Adrianus Jacobus Johannes ENDE,VAN DEN (0), 's-Gravenzande,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• A.J. Lodewijks, Tandjong Priok, Nederlands Oost-Indie
• Adrianus Jacobus Johannes van den Ende (0), 's Gravenzande
• Adolf Max Maria Sträter (24)
• Adriana Voeten (90), Rijsbergen

• 1910 » Charles Olson, American poet and educator († 1970)
• 1911 » Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress († 2006)
• 1915 » Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian-Cypriot footballer and manager († 1999)
• 1915 » William Masters, American gynecologist, author, and academic († 2001)
• 1916 » Cathy Lewis, American actress († 1968)
• 1916 » Werner Baumbach, German pilot († 1953)
• 1917 » Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 2015)
• 1917 » Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author († 2009)
• 1917 » T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic († 2004)
• 1918 » John Celardo, American captain and illustrator († 2012)

• 1896 » John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)
• 1938 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)

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.
• April 21 » Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
• May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
• August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
• August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
• August 15 » World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
• August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.

The temperature on December 27, 1914 was between 0.3 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.