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• Abraham Dubbeldam, Dordrecht († 2022)
• Albert Drok, Veendam († 1989)
• Albertus Visser, Stompwijk († 1991)
• Arendje Smit, heenvliet († 1936)
• Arminio Arns († 1959)
• Arnoldus Henricus Timmer, Steenderen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1992)
• Anna Maria van Heeringen, Ruwiel, Utrecht, Nederland († 1927)
• Antonia van Gastel, Tilburg (NL) († 2002)
• Antonia Tempelaars, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1997)
• Albertus Jacob Snyman, Reitz Oranje Vrijstaat Z.Afrika († 2006)

• Alice Reynolds-Moreton (79)
• Adriaan de Kort (82), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Agniet Roobeek (88), Heiloo
• Adriana Stolk (42), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jossa (73)
• Pasztjerik (71), Rotterdam (Holland)
• Angenita Wilhelmina de Valk (29), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Lelieveld (77), Stompwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Borg (47), Woudrichem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Schieveen (0), Zuilen, Nederland

• 1921 » Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist and composer († 1996)
• 1921 » Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1963)
• 1922 » Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives († 2015)
• 1922 » Ruth Roman, American actress († 1999)
• 1923 » Peregrine Worsthorne, English journalist and author
• 1924 » Frank Corsaro, American actor and director († 2017)
• 1925 » Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1925 » Lewis Glucksman, American businessman and philanthropist († 2006)
• 1926 » Alcides Ghiggia, Italian-Uruguayan footballer and manager († 2015)
• 1926 » Roberta Leigh (Rita Shulman Lewin), British writer, artist and TV producer († 2014)

• 1902 » Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
• 1915 » Rose Talbot Bullard, American medical doctor and professor (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
• 1918 » Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
• 1919 » Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864)
• 1925 » Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1939 » Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)
• 1940 » Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1941 » Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)

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.
• April 15 » U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
• April 16 » The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
• August 26 » Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the "Great Offensive" (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
• August 27 » Greco-Turkish War: The Turkish army takes the Aegean city of Afyonkarahisar from the Kingdom of Greece.
• October 27 » A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
• November 26 » The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)

The temperature on December 22, 1922 was between 4.8 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.