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• Aloysius Josephus Spiessens, Herentals, België
• Aartje Cornelia Brusik, Rotterdam
• Agnes Hendrika Hermine Dobbelaar, Bocholt (D) († 2005)
• Anna Antje Jaarsveld, Driel,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1920)
• Agnes Carrahar ACAR11.AGN01RT, Sunderland
• Alberdina Verhoeven, Nijmegen
• Antonius Hendrikus Gerrit Arendsen, Weerselo († 1971)
• Arend Boer, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana AMria Mostert, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1916)
• Ada Mina ter Haar, Paramaribo Suriname

• Bernardus Doeschot (82), Bentelo, Ambt Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Annigje LOEVE (79), Oud Alblas
• Antje de Vries (37), Leeuwarden
• Antje de Vries (37), Leeuwarden(FR)
• Antonia Koekkoek (48), Elspeet
• Anthonia Koekkoek (48), Elspeet (Ermelo)
• Antonie Schueler (63), Nijkerk
• Alida Rolaff (47), Rotterdam-Poortugaal
• Alida Alberda (82), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Baart IJff (71), Assendelft

• 1909 » Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer and sportscaster († 1996)
• 1909 » Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader († 2002)
• 1910 » David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic († 1971)
• 1913 » Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress († 2004)
• 1913 » Karl Haas, German-American pianist, conductor, and radio host († 2005)
• 1914 » Cyril Washbrook, English cricketer († 1999)
• 1916 » Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer († 1986)
• 1916 » Kristján Eldjárn, Icelandic educator and politician, 3rd President of Iceland († 1982)
• 1916 » Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot († 1943)
• 1917 » Dean Hess, American minister and colonel († 2015)

• 1878 » Theodoros Vryzakis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1814)
• 1879 » Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American businessman (b. 1814)
• 1882 » Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician, founded Credit Suisse (b. 1819)
• 1882 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer (b. 1815)
• 1889 » Jefferson Davis, American general and politician, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
• 1892 » Werner von Siemens, German engineer and businessman, founded the Siemens Company (b. 1816)
• 1918 » Alexander Dianin, Russian chemist (b. 1851)
• 1921 » Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman politician, 280th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1865)
• 1924 » Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and screenwriter (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Edmund Dwyer-Gray, Irish-Australian politician, 29th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1870)

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 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
• March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
• March 26 » First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
• October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
• October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.
• 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 6, 1913 was between -3.3 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.