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• Adrianus Johannes Diepstraten, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Jonkerman, Rossum († 1911)
• Albertine Wilhelmina Gabriëlle van Lith de Jeude, Utrecht († 1969)
• Adriana Hellemons, Hoeven († 1925)
• Alida Sjoukje Hagelhorn, Rilland-Bath
• Aafje Langereis, Twisk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1983)
• Alida Derkzen, Arnhem († 1916)
• Alberta Bosman, Steenwijk
• Alessandro Torlonia 5th Prince Of Civitella Cesi, Rome, Italy († 1986)
• Adriana Cornelia de Koning, De Mortel († 2002)

• Albert Lubbers (52), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Neeltje van Bavel (63), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaldert Vierhoven (15), Dwingeloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Fagel (27), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Klop (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Valentina Leijten (0), Zevenbergen, Noord Brabant
• Aloys Anné (59), Temse
• Radsma (0)
• Aline Marie Juliette de Herckenrode (0), Gand
• Antoon Andreas Christianus ten Haken (73), Hoofdplaat

• 1904 » Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer († 1985)
• 1905 » Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic († 1973)
• 1907 » Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy († 1983)
• 1909 » Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author († 1942)
• 1910 » Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist († 1998)
• 1910 » Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor († 1978)
• 1912 » Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer († 1993)
• 1913 » Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet († 1986)
• 1915 » Eli Wallach, American actor († 2014)
• 1915 » Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter († 1978)

• 1879 » Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:

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 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
• January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
• September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
• November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
• December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
• December 27 » "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

The temperature on December 7, 1911 was between 0.1 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.