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• Aloysius Franciscus Verstappen, Helmond,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Alberdina Dieuwke Krijthe, Nieuw Beerta (Beerta) († 1990)
• Antje Jeanette Andrea Elderenbosch, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Gezina Kwint
• "Anne" Marie Marguerite de Goulaine, Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, France († 2004)
• Anna Groeneveld, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1929)
• * Francina Goedhart, Dordrecht († 1995)
• Andrea Pieternella Johanna Oltmans, Apeldoorn († 1966)
• anna petronella van der LINDE, oud-beijerland († 2006)
• Anna Cauveren, amsterdam, Nederland († 1944)

• aart burger (0), benschop
• Antonie Luijten (52), Goirle
• Arendje van Ooijen (77), Rotterdam, Nederland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Hendrika Meijer (35), Rande, Diepenveen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria ter Beek (0), Losser
• Antonie Luijten (52), Goirle, Gemeente Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arendtje van Ooijen (77), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Hendrika VERBEEK (78), Nieuwaal, gemeente Gameren
• Annetje Lindeboom (78), Wapenveld (gem. Heerde)
• Antonetta Verouden (72), Cromvoirt, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1907 » Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet († 1985)
• 1908 » Niyazi Berkes, Cypriot-English sociologist and academic († 1988)
• 1911 » Mary Blair, American illustrator and animator († 1978)
• 1912 » Alfredo Pián, Argentinian race car driver († 1990)
• 1912 » Don Byas, American saxophonist and educator († 1972)
• 1912 » Georg Solti, Hungarian-English conductor and director († 1997)
• 1914 » Martin Gardner, American mathematician and author († 2010)
• 1915 » Owen Bradley, American country music record producer († 1998)
• 1917 » Dizzy Gillespie, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader († 1993)
• 1918 » Milton Himmelfarb, American sociologist and author († 2006)

• 1873 » Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (b. 1807)
• 1896 » James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (b. 1844)
• 1903 » Jinmaku Kyūgorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 12th Yokozuna (b. 1829)
• 1904 » Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1907 » Jules Chevalier, French priest, founded the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (b. 1824)
• 1931 » Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)

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. Gerardus
14. Arie
15. Dirk
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Aaltje
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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
• January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
• May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
• May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
• September 29 » Italy declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
• November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
• December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.

The temperature on October 21, 1911 was between 8.2 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.