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• Aaltje Schoonhoven, Doornspijk
• Agnes Tjebbes Witteveen, Friens, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2003)
• Adriana Maria Nieuwlaat, Wouw († 1928)
• Adriana Van der Pol, Ridderkerk, ZH, The Netherlands († 1916)
• Feldbrügge, Altharen, Haren (Ems), Landkreis Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany († 1914)
• Aagje Bongers († 1957)
• Anna Veldt, Castricum
• Adrianus Molenaar, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schoonhoven, Doornspijk, Nederland († 1983)
• ANNA MOSTERT, ROTTERDAM († 2001)

• Annie Estelle FERGUSON (28), Mississippi U.S.A
• Andries Foppen (0), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annegien Koster (3), Groningen
• Adrianus Augustinus Theodorus Stokman (0), Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Jonker (51)
• Abraham Adrianus Korteweg (34), Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertus van Baren (66), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonia Simons van Os (37), Rotterdam
• Albert Schaerer (75)
• Alida Mulder (93), Maassluis

• 1909 » Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese journalist and author († 1992)
• 1911 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player († 1947)
• 1913 » Arnold Friberg, American illustrator and painter († 2010)
• 1914 » Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist and virologist († 2010)
• 1915 » Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer († 2007)
• 1917 » Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1985)
• 1918 » Donald Regan, American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff († 2003)
• 1918 » Kurt Waldheim, Austrian colonel, war criminal, and politician; 9th President of Austria († 2007)
• 1919 » Doug Young, American voice actor († 2018)
• 1920 » Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina and choreographer, founded the Cuban National Ballet († 2019)

• 1889 » Friedrich August von Quenstedt, German geologist and palaeontologist (b. 1809)
• 1920 » Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, Somalian general, founded the Dervish movement (b. 1856)
• 1929 » I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (b. 1859)
• 1933 » Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic anthropologist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1935 » Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1890)
• 1935 » Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1937 » Ted Healy, American comedian and actor (b. 1896)
• 1937 » Violette Neatley Anderson, American judge (b. 1882)
• 1940 » F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1896)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacobus
10. Adrianus
11. Jacob
12. Gerardus
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Grietje
13. Geertruida
14. Aaltje
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• 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.
• March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
• August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
• August 6 » World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
• November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.
• December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
• December 23 » World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt.

The temperature on December 21, 1914 was between -0.5 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.