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• Anna Geenen, Meer
• Alina Arphelia Antonia Breijaert, Stoppeldijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 2016)
• Andreas Franciscus Scholten, Zevenaar
• Ale Klazes DILLEMA, Kollum, Kollumerland en Nieuwkruisland, Noardeast-Fryslân, Fryslân, Nederland
• Anna Maria Johanna Benschop, Tull en 't Waal († 1977)
• Alberdina Heinrika Evert-Jans Snellen, Leeuwte, Ambt Vollenhove
• Albert Folkers, Onstwedde
• Andries Johannes Maria Van Oorschot, Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1997)
• Adriana Buijtels, Bladel en Netersel († 1915)
• Anna Maria Geenen, Meir (België)

• Remptema (0), Oostwold, Midwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonie van Beuzekom (0), Giessen-Nieuwkerk
• Catharina VAN DER GEVEL, Rotterdam,South Holland,Netherlands
• Alfred de Khevenhüller-Metsch (59)
• Berend Willem Droppers (75), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Marie Heerinckx (81), Orsmaal Gussenhoven
• Christiaan Beer (5), Oude Pekela, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aaltjen van Rhijn (62)
• (l.l.) Grootenboer (0), Utrecht
• Catharina van der Aa (83), Bakel en Milheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1907 » Avraham Stern, Polish Zionist leader († 1942)
• 1907 » James Roosevelt, American general and politician († 1991)
• 1907 » Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet († 2005)
• 1908 » Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian photographer († 2002)
• 1910 » Kurt Meyer, German general († 1961)
• 1911 » James Gregory, American actor († 2002)
• 1911 » Niels Kaj Jerne, English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1912 » Anna J. Harrison, American organic chemist and academic († 1998)
• 1912 » Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America († 1999)
• 1916 » Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter († 2008)

• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1902 » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)

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 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
• August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
• September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
• November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
• 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 23, 1911 was between 1.3 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.