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• Antonius Theodorus BOTDEN, Sambeek, Noord Brabant, Netherlands († 1999)
• Albertina Botter, Papenburg, Duitsland († 2004)
• Andries Ensel, Rotterdam
• Aart Duijvelaar, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Joure De Busschere, Blora, Ned. Indie
• Adrianus Brekelmans, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Catharina van Zutphen, Schiedam
• IJzelenberg, Delft († 1914)
• Antonius van der Steen, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1916)
• Abraham Stol, Leiden († 1916)

• Andries van der Made (38), Dordrecht
• Alijda van den Heuvel (15), Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Antonia de Graauw (0), Waspik
• Adriana Bredius (45), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriana Maria Antonia de Graauw (0), Waspik,bron Waalwijk Akte 56
• Agatha Gertrud Leiwen (44), Duisburg (D)
• Andreas Hubertus Schreurs (52), Roermond
• Arent Westhuis (63), Nunspeet
• Fluijt (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Elias (88), Oostburg

• 1910 » Ellen Braumüller, German javelin thrower and triathlete († 1991)
• 1910 » Fritz Leiber, American author and poet († 1992)
• 1910 » Max Miedinger, Swiss typeface designer, created Helvetica († 1980)
• 1913 » Ad Reinhardt, American painter and academic († 1967)
• 1914 » Herbert Reinecker, German author and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1914 » Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader († 1978)
• 1918 » Dave Bartholomew, American bandleader, composer and arranger († 2019)
• 1919 » Pierre Soulages, French artist
• 1919 » Qateel Shifai, Pakistani poet and songwriter († 2001)
• 1920 » Franco Lucentini, Italian author and screenwriter († 2002)

• 1889 » Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch pastor and poet (b. 1819)
• 1893 » B. T. Finniss, Australian politician, 1st Premier of South Australia (b. 1807)
• 1898 » Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)
• 1914 » John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
• 1920 » Stephen Mosher Wood, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
• 1931 » Carlo Fornasini, micropalaeontologist (b. 1854)
• 1931 » Flying Hawk, American warrior, educator and historian (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1938 » Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)

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.
• February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
• June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
• August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
• August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
• September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
• November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.

The temperature on December 24, 1914 was between -3.7 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.