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• Anne-Marie de Malvin de Montazet († 2006)
• Antonia Francisca Maria Bongers, Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1911)
• Adriana Hendrika Nagtegaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agnes Clasina Pijnaker, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 1997)
• Anna Maria Baghus, Echt, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anthonia Johanna Zoomer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Antonia Johanna Zoomer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Anna Maria Catharina Lindauer, Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland († 1975)
• Anna Maria van Laarhoven, Helmond
• Adriana Berdina Wauben, 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 2005)

• Aaltje Vendrik (45), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Berend Eilders (4), Osage, Becker, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Ferwerda (17)
• Arend Tijhof (76), almelo
• Antje Haan (48)
• Klompenhouwer (0), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Antoinette Dreessens (21), Maastricht,Limburg,Netherlands
• Alida du Buf (4), Rotterdam, ZH Netherlands
• Aaltje Ferweda (71), Zaandam
• Albert Jan van der Meer (0), De Punt, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1905 » Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper († 2002)
• 1906 » Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor († 1994)
• 1906 » Russell C. Newhouse, American pilot and engineer († 1998)
• 1908 » Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1980)
• 1910 » Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American educator and author († 1999)
• 1910 » Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player († 1988)
• 1912 » Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council († 2012)
• 1913 » Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins († 1967)
• 1914 » Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet († 2013)
• 1914 » Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer († 2005)

• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Jacoba
11. Petronella
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Helena
15. Aaltje
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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
• April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
• May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
• August 22 » Korea is annexed by Japan with the signing of the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II.
• August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
• September 20 » The ocean liner SSFrance, later known as the "Versailles of the Atlantic", is launched.
• November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.

The temperature on December 17, 1910 was between 6.7 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.