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• Anna Maria (Ans) Bruin, Alkmaar
• Adrianus Voogt, Naaldwijk
• Adrianus Gerardus Smeekens, Gilze-Rijen († 1915)
• Alida Margaretha Gerritsen, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabetha Goossens‏, Geel, België
• Agatha Klara Potijk, Oestinghausen († 2010)
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Brinkom, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Johannes Wilbrink-, Oude Pekela, Nederland († 1968)
• Aart Verhoef, Maarsseveen, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2012)
• Anna Langstraten, Oud Beijerland, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands († 1998)

• Adriaan Konings (74), Castricum
• Anne Bohane (35), Skibbereen, Cork, Ireland
• Bartele Hermanus van Zandbergen (82), Oenkerk
• Antonius Pommelet (17), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Aartje den Ouden (89), Nieuw-Lekkerland, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Antonia Johanna Voeten (70), Roosendaal
• AlbertineJohanna Wennekes (0), Veenendaal
• Adriaan Bartelsz Konings (74), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Alida Jacoba Salters (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria van den Ackerveken (84), Baarle Nassau, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1909 » Arvo Askola, Finnish runner († 1975)
• 1910 » Russell Lynes, American photographer, historian, and author († 1991)
• 1910 » Taisto Mäki, Finnish runner († 1979)
• 1912 » George Emmett, English cricketer and coach († 1976)
• 1913 » Marc Platt, American actor, singer, and dancer († 2014)
• 1914 » Adolph Green, American playwright and composer († 2002)
• 1914 » Bill Erwin, American actor († 2010)
• 1915 » Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan († 2016)
• 1916 » Howard Finster, American minister and painter († 2001)
• 1917 » Sylvia Syms, American singer († 1992)

• 1885 » Allen Wright, Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma, meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
• 1888 » Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
• 1892 » Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
• 1899 » Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
• 1918 » Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1924 » Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
• 1927 » Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie (b. 1843)
• 1931 » Vincent d'Indy, French composer and educator (b. 1851)
• 1936 » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
• 1943 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)

• 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 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 6.2 million citizens.
• August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
• August 24 » World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
• August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
• August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
• November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
• December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.

The temperature on December 2, 1914 was between 5.2 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.