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• Aleida Kers, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1955)
• Adriaan J.C. Daniels, Alphen en Riel († 1940)
• Adriana Knook, Fijnaart en Heijningen (N.B.)
• Anna Clasina van der Kraan, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Kok, Schiedam
• Allegonda van Gelder, Groningen († 1942)
• Adriana KNOOK, Fijnaart, Moerdijk, NL-NB
• Aleida Jacoba Sewalt, Swalmen († 1915)
• Albertine Jozefina Octavia Tuytten, Horsmonden, UK († 1943)
• (Lieselotte) Elisabeth Charlotte Niehoff, Gronau, Noordrijn-Westfalen, Duitsland († 2002)

• Alzina CRAM (85), Ogle, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Dourleijn (73), Meliskerke, Zeeland, NL
• Aebele Bienses Wijbenga (80), Zwaagwesteinde
• Alida Petronella Tijburg (72), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Claassen Friesenborg (76), Aurich, Ostfriesland, Germany
• Anthonia Hendrika KUIJER (45), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Stegehuis (0), Almelo
• Alida Petronella Tijburg (72), Alkmaar
• Aebele Bienses (Ebele) Wybenga (80), Zwaagwesteinde, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Agnes Irwin (72), Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• 1910 » Abraham Polonsky, American director and screenwriter († 1999)
• 1911 » Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer († 2000)
• 1912 » Kate Simon, American travel writer († 1990)
• 1912 » Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player († 1965)
• 1913 » Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress († 2013)
• 1914 » Hans Hellmut Kirst, German lieutenant and author († 1989)
• 1916 » Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine († 2013)
• 1916 » Walt McPherson, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1917 » Ken Downing, English race car driver († 2004)
• 1918 » Charity Adams Earley, Black American Army officer († 2002)

• 1887 » Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 » Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Jean Sandberg(b.1952)
• 1918 » Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 » Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
• 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)

• 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 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
• May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
• August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
• November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
• November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

The temperature on December 5, 1914 was between 2.9 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.