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• Aeilke Tilman, Hoogezand, Martenshoek († 1997)
• Aafje Korver, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Dekkers, Roosendaal
• Adriana Cornelia van Tilburg, Breda
• Adrian van Meeteren, O'Brien County, Iowa († 1976)
• * Petronella Johanna Raaijmakers, Son en Breugel († 1999)
• Adrianus Johannes Emons, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aafje Kroondijk, Sonnega († 1984)
• Abraham Meijer
• Albertus OLTHOF, Scharmer (Slochteren) Groningen Netherlands

• Anna Maria Dorothea Offen (79), Kronshorst, Ostholstein, Schleswig-Holstein
• Arie de Jong (80), Lekkerkerk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna van Helden (73), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Alida Jacoba van Scherpenzeel (0), Driebergen
• Berend Lammert Koopman (71), Nieuwolda (NL)
• Anderson John Ogle (86), Nevada, Vernon Co, Missouri
• Adrianus Mathijs Heere (49), Rotterdam
• Adriana Johanna van HELDEN (73), Rotterdam
• Antonius Steenman (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes Antonius Marie Schram (0), Chaam

• 1909 » Jonah Jones, American trumpet player and saxophonist († 2000)
• 1910 » Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1910 » Enrique Maier, Spanish tennis player († 1981)
• 1911 » Dal Stivens, Australian soldier and author († 1997)
• 1912 » John Frost, Indian-English general († 1993)
• 1914 » Mary Logan Reddick, American neuroembryologist († 1966)
• 1915 » Sam Ragan, American journalist, author, and poet († 1996)
• 1917 » Evelyn Knight, American singer († 2007)
• 1917 » Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author († 1962)
• 1918 » Ray Graves, American football player and coach († 2015)

• 1889 » George Kerferd, English-Australian politician, 10th Premier of Victoria (b. 1831)
• 1889 » Ion Creangă, Romanian author and educator (b. 1837)
• 1890 » Pancha Carrasco, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1826)
• 1891 » Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Nigerian bishop and linguist (b. 1809)
• 1894 » Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1856)
• 1909 » Spencer Trask, American financier and philanthropist (b. 1844)
• 1910 » Archibald Hoxsey, American pilot (b. 1884)
• 1910 » John Moisant, American pilot and engineer (b. 1868)
• 1921 » Boies Penrose, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)
• 1936 » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)

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 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
• August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
• August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
• 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.
• August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
• December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

The temperature on December 31, 1914 was between 0.5 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.