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• Anna Maria Meijer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Hubert Clemens van Daelen, Venlo,, Limburg, Nederland († 1979)
• Alina Hendrika Itje Nicolai, Usquert (gem. Het Hogeland)
• Albertine Louise STAS, Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1986)
• Anna Jans, Bergentheim
• Alberta (Bertie) Rijpma (Riepma), South Dakota, United States († 1956)
• Adrana Wierst, van, Den Haag
• Akke Brinksma, Jubbega-Schurega, Schoterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria van den Dungen, Valkenswaard († 1916)
• Alida Nagtegaal, Utrecht († 1916)

• Adrianus Cornelis Gelijns (79), Zwijndrecht
• Albertina Catharina Ludovica Cleiren (0), Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen
• Anna Breukers (77), Borne, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Talboom (61), Velsen
• Amand Leopold Butaye (63), Klerken
• Alida Maria Ooteman (0), Grootebroek
• Adriana BREDIUS (45), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Hendriks Burgsma (88), Metslawier, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Tas (84), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Burgsma (88), Metslawier (Oostdongeradeel)

• 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)

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.
• May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
• July 11 » Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.
• August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
• August 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
• September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• December 14 » Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressive Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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.