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• Anna van der Werff, Doesburg
• Anna Maria van den Heuvel, Loosduinen
• Ada Elneta Smith, Shallotte, Brunswick County, North Carolina († 1985)
• Albert Mariom van Bühren († 1943)
• Albertha van Kommer
• Albertha Stegeman, Avereest, Overijssel, Nederland († 1988)
• Adrianus Franciscus Anthonius Gordijn, Vrijenban
• Aagtje Jacoba Hommes, 't Zandt, Zijldijk († 2007)
• Antje Alberdina Luttjeboer, Scheemda, Groningen, Netherlands († 2001)
• († 1919)

• Carolus Ampe (80), Aartrijke,8211,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Amos Benneville Leinbach (53), Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States
• Antonie Camijn (0), Delft
• Arie Pieterszn van der Ende (87), Naaldwijk
• Antje of Annigje of Johanna (de) Vogel (86), Ter Aar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Kind (63), Overschie
• Arij Kint (63), Overschie
• Anna Maria Marguerite PEETERS (63), Neeroeteren, Limburg, België
• Anna Maria Helmonds (61), Zevenbergen
• Catharina Sap (31)

• 1909 » Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani-Russian painter († 1974)
• 1910 » John Hammond, American record producer and critic († 1987)
• 1911 » Nicholas P. Dallis, American psychiatrist and illustrator († 1991)
• 1911 » Stan Kenton, American pianist and composer († 1979)
• 1913 » Muriel Rukeyser, American poet, academic, and activist († 1980)
• 1913 » Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman († 2001)
• 1915 » Eila Campbell, English geographer and cartographer († 1994)
• 1916 » Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor († 1964)
• 1916 » Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1916 » Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Governor of Pernambuco († 2005)

• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)

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.
• February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
• March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
• June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
• July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
• October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
• October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.

The temperature on December 15, 1913 was between 5.3 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.