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• Arie Hoogerwerf, Vlaardingen († 1940)
• Anna Aardenburg, Heemskerk († 1985)
• Antonia de Roo, Strijp (NL) († 1979)
• Annie de Bruijn († 2005)
• Arie GROOTHAND, Zwolle († 1997)
• Aleida Theresia Augusta Reckers, Batavia, Ned.Oost Indie († 1984)
• Antje Geertsema, Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland († 1917)
• Albert de Laere, Wingene,8750,West-Vlaanderen,België († 1982)
• Alice Verhaegen, Terhagen, Rumst (B.) († 2003)
• Arie Groothand, Zwolle, Nederland († 1997)

• Anna Cornelia de Groot (87), Udenhout
• Albertus Visser (19), Rotterdam
• Adriana Johanna Zantman (52), Rotterdam
• Aaltjen van Nijkerk (78), Deventer
• Alberdina VAN DER WAL (72), Avereest (Hardenberg), Overijssel, Nederland
• Allegonda van Hooij (87), Nijmegen, NL
• Aart Nikkels (0), Empe Gelders Hoofd
• Adrianus C. Verheij (39), Pella Marion Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna van Meer (0), Princenhage
• Agatha Maria van Loo (66), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1910 » Jean Genet, French novelist, playwright, and poet († 1986)
• 1914 » Mel Shaw, American animator and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1915 » Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress († 1963)
• 1915 » Claudia Testoni, Italian hurdler, sprinter, and long jumper († 1998)
• 1916 » Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, German political scientist, journalist, and academic († 2010)
• 1916 » Roy Ward Baker, English director and producer († 2010)
• 1918 » Lee Rich, American producer and production manager († 2012)
• 1918 » Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist († 1980)
• 1920 » David Susskind, American talk show host and producer († 1987)
• 1920 » Little Jimmy Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2015)

• 1899 » Henry Ware Lawton, American general (b. 1843)
• 1915 » Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (b. 1864)
• 1916 » Thibaw Min, Burmese king (b. 1859)
• 1927 » Ashfaqulla Khan, Indian activist (b. 1900)
• 1927 » Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian poet and activist (b. 1897)
• 1932 » Yun Bong-gil, South Korean activist (b. 1908)
• 1933 » George Jackson Churchward, English engineer and businessman (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Abbas II of Egypt (b. 1874)
• 1944 » Rudolph Karstadt, German businessman (b. 1856)

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

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

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• February 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
• June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• June 30 » World War I: In "the day Sussex died", elements of the Royal Sussex Regiment take heavy casualties in the Battle of the Boar's Head at Richebourg-l'Avoué in France.
• November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

The temperature on December 19, 1916 was between -1.7 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.