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• Anna Maria Meijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andreas Emmanuel de Bock, Roermond († 1937)
• Anna Maria van den Heuvel, Gouda
• Amalia van Thijn, Amsterdam
• Anna Maria van den Dungen, Valkenswaard († 1916)
• Andries Johannis Trommel, Stad aan 't Haringvliet, ZH, Nederland († 2001)
• Adriana van Wierst, 's-Gravenhage
• Adrana Wierst, van, Den Haag
• Albert W.J.J.A. De Koninck, Breda († 2000)
• Alina Hendrika Itje Nicolai, Usquert († 2002)

• Aaltje Gerrits Brouwer (46), Rotterdam
• Aafke Hendriks Burgsma (88), Metslawier, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertina Catharina Ludovica Cleiren (0), Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen
• Adriana van Unen (75), Rucphen (Rucphen) (Noord-Brabant)
• Adriana Tas (84), Delft
• Adriana van Lisdonk (77), Tilburg
• Amand Leopold Butaye (63), Klerken
• Adriana Bredius (45), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Lisdonk (77), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Anna Suzanna Gallmann (82), Breda

• 1908 » Yousuf Karsh, Armenian-Canadian photographer († 2002)
• 1910 » Kurt Meyer, German general († 1961)
• 1911 » James Gregory, American actor († 2002)
• 1911 » Niels Kaj Jerne, English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1994)
• 1912 » Anna J. Harrison, American organic chemist and academic († 1998)
• 1912 » Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America († 1999)
• 1916 » Dino Risi, Italian director and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1918 » Helmut Schmidt, German soldier, economist, and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany († 2015)
• 1918 » José Greco, Italian-American dancer and choreographer († 2000)
• 1919 » Kenneth M. Taylor, American general and pilot († 2006)

• 1884 » John Chisum, American businessman and poker player (b. 1824)
• 1889 » Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1902 » Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)

• 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.
• July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
• August 17 » World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
• August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
• September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.

The temperature on December 23, 1914 was between -2.0 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.