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• Antje Zwaan († 1998)
• Anthonius Leonardus Halverhout, Veur († 2007)
• Antonie van Ravenhorst, Ede († 2007)
• Andries Koster, Amsterdam († 2017)
• Antonius Leonardus Halverhout, Veur († 2007)
• Albert Jelles Zijlstra, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 1940)
• Antoinetta Roos, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Antonio Silveira, Passos, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1920)
• Bartel Vries, Drogeham, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2012)
• Baukje Kuiken, Huizum, Leeuwarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2009)

• Anna Maria Duivenvoorde (72), Noordwijkerhout
• Antonia Romijn (87), almkerk (noord brabant)
• Antje Boerma (31), Pallert gem. Vlagtwedde
• Aart Willem Kuik (5), Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Beijen (62), Gouda
• Arie JANSEN (59), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Areke de RIDDER (36), Gameren (Gld.)
• Anna Maria Duivenvoorden (72), Noordwijkerhout
• Catharina Theresia Bollaert (89), Westvleteren
• Antje Zut (60), Harenkarspel, Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1915 » William Berenberg, American physician and academic († 2005)
• 1918 » Bernard Gordon, American screenwriter and producer († 2007)
• 1918 » Diana Serra Cary, American actress and author († 2020)
• 1920 » Baruj Benacerraf, Venezuelan-American physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2011)
• 1921 » Baku Mahadeva, Sri Lankan civil servant and academic († 2013)
• 1921 » Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Indian metropolitan († 2014)
• 1921 » Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist († 2003)
• 1922 » Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer († 2008)
• 1923 » Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright († 2015)
• 1923 » Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Dutch runner, hurdler, and long jumper († 2015)

• 1905 » Étienne Desmarteau, Canadian weight thrower and shot putter (b. 1873)
• 1911 » Joseph Pulitzer, Hungarian-American publisher, lawyer, and politician, founded Pulitzer, Inc. (b. 1847)
• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 1919 » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
• 1933 » George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1933 » Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)

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

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

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• February 5 » Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith launch United Artists.
• February 21 » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
• March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
• July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
• September 18 » Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
• November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)

The temperature on October 29, 1919 was between -3.6 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.