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• Boerties, Schuinsloot,Overijssel,Nederland († 1970)
• Adelbert van Weel, Batavia († 2007)
• Aaltje Schreuder, Barneveld
• Anna Claessen, Melick en Herkenbosch
• Adriana Petronella Dorothea Hertogh, Roosendaal en Nispen (Brabant)
• Albertus Johannes van Burk, Deil West Betuwe (GL) († 1961)
• Sansom, San Saba County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• aleida theodora wilhelmina van helden, horst (melderslo)
• Alfred Dahler, Batavia, Indonesië († 1993)
• Agatha Duijves, Harenkarspel († 2004)

• Arent Herder (34), Smilde, Nederland
• Annie Pannekoek (0), Apeldoorn-'t Loo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Ewijk (90), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Dol (1), Valthermond, Odoorn
• Arend Harmens Scholte (92), Weststellingwerf
• Annigje Eenkhoorn (83), Genemuiden, Nederland
• Betje Sluijzer (81), Amsterdam
• Albert WIGHT (60), Amersfoort (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Arent Wiebes Herder (33), Smilde
• Aagje Trouwborst (50), Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1907 » Connee Boswell, American jazz singer († 1976)
• 1911 » Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic († 1979)
• 1914 » Irving Fine, American composer and academic († 1962)
• 1918 » Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence († 2000)
• 1919 » Charles Lynch, Canadian journalist and author († 1994)
• 1921 » John Doar, American lawyer and activist († 2014)
• 1921 » Phyllis Curtin, American soprano and academic († 2016)
• 1922 » Eli Mandel, Canadian poet, critic, and academic († 1992)
• 1922 » Len Lesser, American actor († 2011)
• 1922 » Sven Nykvist, Swedish director and cinematographer († 2006)

• 1894 » Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)
• 1902 » Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 » David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
• 1912 » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (b. 1879)
• 1919 » Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (b. 1841)
• 1928 » Ezra Meeker, American farmer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1934 » Charles James O'Donnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)

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.
• July 23 » Austria-Hungary issues a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepts all but one of those demands and Austria declares war on July 28.
• August 3 » World War I: Germany declares war against France, while Romania declares its neutrality.
• August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
• September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
• November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.

The temperature on December 3, 1914 was between 5.1 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.