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• Adriana Verster, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Alexander Joseph Marie Tummers, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Hoving, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alfred Franz Johann de Nepomuk Maximilian Karl Gerhard Benedikt Mari, Prinz von Croÿ, Slabetz († 1943)
• Adriana Maria van Leeuwen, Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Ariese, Wageningen, Nederland († 1983)
• Andries Veenstra, Nieuw-Amsterdam, Emmen († 1968)
• Alphonsina Maria Angelina Helsen, Westmeerbeek (2235, Antwerpen)
• Alice Anna Maria van de VELDE, Sint Jansteen (Zeeland) (NL) († 2002)
• Achille Frederich Béguin, Gorinchem († 1965)

• Antonia de PORTUGAL (68), Sigmaringen,72488,Tübingen,Baden-Württemberg,ALLEMAGNE
• Carolina Langeler (68), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Punt (0), Ridderkerk
• Antonia Maria von Braganza (68), Sigmaringen, Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, Duitsland
• Catharina Elisabeth Ruijchaver (74), Delft
• Adriana van Gils (66), Gilze en Rijen, NB, Nederland
• Anthonia Maria Fernanda Michaela Gabriëlle Rafaela Francesca-de-Assisi Anna Gonzaga Silveria Julia Auguste van Saksen-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry Infante van Portugal (68), Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg
• Antonia Maria (68)
• Antonia v.Portugal (68), Sigmaringen
• Alida Catharina van Herwaarden (93), Dordrecht 644

• 1906 » Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer and conductor († 1994)
• 1908 » Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1980)
• 1910 » Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American educator and author († 1999)
• 1910 » Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player († 1988)
• 1912 » Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council († 2012)
• 1913 » Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins († 1967)
• 1914 » Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet († 2013)
• 1914 » Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer († 2005)
• 1916 » Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet († 2000)
• 1917 » Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic († 1983)

• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)

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 5 » Greek military aviators, Michael Moutoussis and Aristeidis Moraitinis perform the first naval air mission in history, with a Farman MF.7 hydroplane.
• 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.
• November 7 » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
• December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

The temperature on December 17, 1913 was between 4.2 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.