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• An Stoek, Amsterdam-Noord-Holland-Nederland († 2004)
• August Franciscus MEYERMANS ( ° Vos ), Rillaar Vlaams Brabant * († 1918)
• Antje Veenstra, Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2001)
• Barbera Elizabeth Gijzenberg, Epe († 2000)
• Alice Metiva, Saginaw, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1944)
• Albertine GENIS, Amsterdam (NL/NH) († 2023)
• Chris J. E. Teurlings, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Albertus Petrus Johannus Bax, Turnhout († 1956)
• Arie Leendert Lengton, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Bernardus KARHOF, Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)

• Alfred John Redman (73), Smeaton, Victoria, Australia
• Cornelius Meeus (84), Nijlen, België
• Arnoldus van Walsum (25), Krimpen aan de Ijssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred MELLAERTS (53), Sint-Truiden, 71053, Limburg, Belgique
• Arnoldus van Walsum (25), Krimpen aan den IJssel
• Boudewina Henrica van Doorn (74), Middelburg,Gemeente Middelburg,Zeeland,Netherlands
• Anna Christina Johanna Van Eps (57), Willemstad, Curacao, Dutch Antilles, Caribbean
• cornelia HAVELAAR (59), strijen
• Caspar Norbertus van Beckhoven (69), Breda
• Anthonij Johannes Keij (91), Ravenswaaij (Maurik) (GL)

• 1909 » Dorino Serafini, Italian racing driver († 2000)
• 1909 » Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress († 2014)
• 1910 » Ruthie Tompson, American animator and artist
• 1913 » Gorni Kramer, Italian bassist, songwriter, and bandleader († 1995)
• 1915 » Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat († 2000)
• 1916 » Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver († 1984)
• 1916 » Marcel Cerdan, French boxer († 1949)
• 1921 » William Roth, American lawyer and politician († 2003)
• 1923 » Bob Dole, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
• 1923 » César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)

• 1902 » Mieczysław Halka-Ledóchowski, Polish cardinal (b. 1822)
• 1903 » Cassius Marcellus Clay, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, United States Ambassador to Russia (b. 1810)
• 1904 » Wilson Barrett, English actor and playwright (b. 1846)
• 1906 » William Snodgrass, Canadian minister and academic (b. 1827)
• 1908 » Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
• 1915 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (b. 1827)
• 1916 » James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (b. 1849)
• 1918 » Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (b. 1898)
• 1920 » William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Jōkichi Takamine, Japanese-American chemist and academic (b. 1854)

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 10 » World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
• February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
• March 9 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
• June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.

The temperature on July 22, 1916 was between 11.4 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.