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• Alceu Barbosa Sandoval, Franca, São Paulo, Brasil
• Alida van Eck, Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Foks, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Kalkman, Rotterdam († 1913)
• Mandemakers, Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Josephus VERMUNT, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1914)
• Allegonda Lamberta van der Linden, Vinkeveen († 1986)
• Alida Maria Snaar, Lisse, South Holland, Netherlands († 2001)
• Albertus Beker, Hatert, Nijmegen († 1991)
• Alida Cornelia van Rijn, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• van Poepele (0), Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• ANNIGJE VAN STEK (77), NIEUW-LEKKERLAND
• Adrianus Lankhorst (27), Rotterdam
• Anthonie Groskamp (70), Spanbroek
• Andrew Todd (80), Andrew County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten
• Anskje Dijkstra (63), Bergen op Zoom
• Antonia BRAGANÇA von SACHSEN-COBURG und GOTHA (D (68), Sigmaringen, Baden Wurttemberg, Allemagne
• Anna Maria van Straten (72), Vianen
• (2) Anthonie Groskamp (70), Spanbroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Adolf Groosman (48), IJzendijke

• 1909 » James Riddell, English skier and author († 2000)
• 1910 » Charles Olson, American poet and educator († 1970)
• 1911 » Anna Russell, English-Canadian singer and actress († 2006)
• 1915 » Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian-Cypriot footballer and manager († 1999)
• 1915 » William Masters, American gynecologist, author, and academic († 2001)
• 1916 » Cathy Lewis, American actress († 1968)
• 1916 » Werner Baumbach, German pilot († 1953)
• 1917 » Buddy Boudreaux, American saxophonist and clarinet player († 2015)
• 1917 » Onni Palaste, Finnish soldier and author († 2009)
• 1917 » T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic († 2004)

• 1896 » John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
• 1900 » William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founded Armstrong Whitworth (b. 1810)
• 1914 » Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1919 » Achilles Alferaki, Russian-Greek composer and politician, Governor of Taganrog (b. 1846)
• 1923 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (b. 1832)
• 1924 » Agda Meyerson, Swedish nurse and healthcare activist (b. 1866)
• 1936 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)
• 1938 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)

• 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.
• February 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
• March 26 » First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
• 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 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
• October 31 » The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.

The temperature on December 27, 1913 was between 2.1 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.