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• Agnes Louisa Alphonsa van Loon, Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Alberdina Elizabeth den Ouden, Rotterdam († 2004)
• Adrianus Antonius Arnoldus Verhoeven, Tilburg († 1947)
• Antonia Leonarda Kerssens, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1922)
• Bernardus Biesmans, Kwaadmechelen, Limburg, België († 2002)
• Adriana Anna van Die, Zwijndrecht († 2009)
• Auke Zijlstra, Surhuizum († 1998)
• Ketelaar, Drouwenermond, Drenthe, Nederland († 1922)
• Albert Burger, Wadenoijen († 1995)
• Anna Maria Agatha (Rie) Huis in 't Veld († 2016)

• Adriana de Leest (0), Gemert
• Alfred Lefeber (2), Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Arie Sluijter (34), Maassluis
• Anna Catharina Louise Van Houtum (58)
• Andre Jantinus Nijenhuis (0), Meppel
• Ketelaar (0), Drouwenermond, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arend van Gerdinge (76), Erm Sleen(Dre)
• Arend Gerding (76), Erm (Sleen)
• Antonius Josephus Henebiens (67), Tilburg
• Anna Theodora Tazelaar (0), Terneuzen

• 1917 » Jimmy Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2007)
• 1917 » Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 2007)
• 1920 » James Farmer, American activist and politician, co-founded Congress of Racial Equality († 1999)
• 1920 » Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-Australian sociologist and academic († 2009)
• 1922 » Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian († 1994)
• 1923 » Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima († 1955)
• 1924 » Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver and businessman († 1998)
• 1925 » Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor († 1990)
• 1926 » Morton Feldman, American composer and academic († 1987)
• 1926 » Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)

• 1909 » Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 » Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 » Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 » Gervase Elwes, English tenor and actor (b. 1866)
• 1926 » Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician, 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1934 » Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
• May 30 » The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
• June 17 » Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic.
• July 20 » The League of Nations awards mandates of Togoland to France and Tanganyika to the United Kingdom.
• July 24 » The draft of the British Mandate of Palestine was formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923.
• August 30 » Battle of Dumlupınar: The final battle in the Greco-Turkish War ("Turkish War of Independence").
• September 27 » King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, George II.

The temperature on January 12, 1922 was between 0.2 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.