About the day » Friday December 22, 1911Calender converter

• Adolf Antonius Steegs, Blerick (Maasbree) († 1912)
• Anna Dorothea Idema, Groningen
• Agatha Veronica SMIT, Soerabaja (Ned.Ind.) († 1967)
• Adolf Egge Ritsema, Geefsweer (gem. Eemsdelta) († 1985)
• Anna Francisca Voncken, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1993)
• Aldert Duijves, Oudkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberta Johanna Enneman, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1912)
• - levenloos - Westerbeek, Weststellingwerf (FRL) († 1911)
• Alberdina Bergsma, Groningen (Groningen)
• Aart Antonie Ligterink, Abcoude, Gemeente De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland

• Anka Groenewold (53), Bedum, Groningen, Netherlands
• Fokke Jongbloed (44), Los Angeles (USA)
• Anna Susanna Meijer (0), Stadskanaal, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Catharina Bergman (51), Bloemendaal
• Catharina den Hartog (90), Dordrecht
• Arie Visser (61), Ridderkerk, Nederland
• Antonia Bertha Eijsermans (2), Bergen op Zoom
• ?? Wigmore (0), Rotterdam
• Adrianus van der Stap (46), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arij van der Stap (46), Delft

• 1905 » Pierre Brasseur, French-Italian actor and screenwriter († 1972)
• 1907 » Peggy Ashcroft, English actress († 1991)
• 1908 » Giacomo Manzù, Italian sculptor and academic († 1991)
• 1909 » Patricia Hayes, English actress († 1998)
• 1911 » Danny O'Dea, English actor († 2003)
• 1912 » Elias Degiannis, Greek commander († 1943)
• 1912 » Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States († 2007)
• 1913 » Giorgio Oberweger, Italian discus thrower and hurdler († 1998)
• 1915 » Barbara Billingsley, American actress († 2010)
• 1915 » Phillip Glasier, English author and academic († 2000)

• 1891 » Paul de Lagarde, German biblical scholar and orientalist (b. 1827)
• 1899 » Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
• 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)

• 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.
• May 9 » The works of Gabriele D'Annunzio are placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican.
• 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.
• September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
• September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
• October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
• December 29 » Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.

The temperature on December 22, 1911 was between 3.4 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.