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• Annigje Dirkje Zaal, Rotterdam († 1930)
• Adriana Haans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)
• Barendina Johanna Catrina Vonk, Eck en Wiel († 2000)
• Antonia Petronella van Rijn, Vinkeveen († 2005)
• Bruine Danker, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1980)
• Betje Schoo, Odoorn Valthe († 2000)
• Alice E Simon, Kenton, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Catharina Boone, Koudekerke, Nederland († 1944)
• Anna Irene Punt, Sioux Center,Iowa,Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Clarence H Uebelhor, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1949)

• Anna Catharina Schuren (70), Linne, Maasgouw
• Adriana van Ewijk (61), Wamel, Nederland
• adriana BOER (18), dordrecht
• "Alphonse" Siméon Marie Pierre Brindejonc de Bermingham (89), Paris
• Aartje Ruttenberg (28), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antje Beving (78), Landschaftspolder, Hannover, Preussen, Germany
• "Alexander" Philipp Constantine Louis von Benckendorff (67), London
• Annechien Oosting (3), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriaan van Weert, Boxtel
• Amanda Duncan Kelly (77), Charleston sC

• 1914 » Albert Tucker, Australian painter and illustrator († 1999)
• 1914 » Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist († 1989)
• 1914 » Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and academic († 1976)
• 1915 » Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach († 1996)
• 1915 » Jo Van Fleet, American actress († 1996)
• 1915 » Robert Ruark, American hunter and author († 1965)
• 1917 » Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer († 2005)
• 1917 » Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles († 1998)
• 1919 » Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author († 2014)
• 1919 » Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer († 2013)

• 1891 » Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
• 1897 » William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
• 1900 » John Henry Leech, English entomologist (b. 1862)
• 1910 » Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
• 1924 » Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1925 » Félix Vallotton, Swiss/French painter (b. 1865)
• 1926 » Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1929 » Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)
• 1937 » Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)

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. Geertruida
14. Grietje
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 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
• August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
• September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
• September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
• November 21 » Mines from SM U-73 sink the HMHS Britannic, the largest ship lost in the First World War.
• December 23 » World War I: Battle of Magdhaba: Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in the Sinai Peninsula.

The temperature on December 29, 1916 was between 2.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 15.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.