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• Adriana Sardie Portier, Semarang, Java, Ned. Indie
• Albert Joseph Adrien BECQUET, Coulogne(62)... Hauts de France
• Anna Lingg, Grossdietwil († 1977)
• Albertus Marinus Heemskerk, Den Haag († 1985)
• Alfred Kempe († 2002)
• Aart Hommerson, Sliedrecht († 1988)
• Alice Minerva {Stowell} Koberstein, Big Spring, Adams County, Wisconsin, United States of America († 2008)
• Adriaantje Koster, Rijswijk
• Aleijda Catharina de Vries, 's-Gravenhage
• Albertus Martinus Heemskerk, Den Haag

• Anje Balkema (0), Gieten
• Anneke van Horssen (41), Oosterwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Arisz (56), Velsen
• Antoinette Eskens (65), Didam
• Albertus Bruins (78), Coevorden
• Adriana van der Loo (80), Blerick, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Huberta van Engelen (50), 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland
• Alexander A. Campbell (75), Wellsville, Columbiana Co, Ohio
• Adriana Arisz (56), Velsen
• Anna Gertrudis van Timmermans (48), Neer

• 1908 » Elliott Carter, American composer and academic († 2012)
• 1909 » Ronald McKie, Australian soldier, journalist, and author († 1991)
• 1910 » Mildred Cleghorn, Native American chairwoman and educator († 1997)
• 1911 » Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian author, playwright, and screenwriter, Nobel Prize laureate († 2006)
• 1911 » Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic († 2009)
• 1911 » Val Guest, English-American director, producer, screenwriter, and composer († 2006)
• 1912 » Carlo Ponti, Italian-Swiss film producer († 2007)
• 1913 » Jean Marais, French actor and director († 1998)
• 1916 » Elena Garro, Mexican author and playwright († 1998)
• 1916 » Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and bandleader († 1989)

• 1892 » William Milligan, Scottish theologian and scholar (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Charles Townsend, American fencer, engineer, and academic (b. 1872)
• 1909 » Ludwig Mond, German-born chemist and British industrialist who discovered the metal carbonyls (b. 1839)
• 1913 » Carl von In der Maur, Governor of Liechtenstein (b. 1852)
• 1918 » Ivan Cankar, Slovenian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1876)
• 1920 » Olive Schreiner, South African author and activist (b. 1855)
• 1936 » Myron Grimshaw, American baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1937 » Hugh Thackeray Turner, English architect and painter (b. 1853)
• 1937 » Jaan Anvelt, Estonian theorist and politician (b. 1884)
• 1938 » Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian historian and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Aaltje
14. Geertruida
15. Neeltje
16. Trijntje

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
• March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
• April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
• August 13 » First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
• December 1 » Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
• December 17 » A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit system.
• December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".

The temperature on December 11, 1913 was between 6.4 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.