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• Adriana Martina Maria van der Lans, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Catharina Schrijvers, Apeldoorn, NL-GE († 2000)
• Anna Euphemia Bank, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Anna Augusta Gerdina Cornelia Heijs, Dongen († 1987)
• André Jan Vanparys, Oostkamp († 1977)
• Annetje (Antje) Bennenk, Amsterdam († 1984)
• N.N. Bentum, Dwingeloo († 1914)
• Adrianus Kleijssen, Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1915)
• Aaltje Post, Urk († 2007)
• Adriaan Griek, West-Sayville, Suffolk County, New York, Verenigde Staten

• Antonius Hendrikus Sauer (75), Doetinchem
• Catharina (Trijntje) Jetzes Lolkema (71), Amsterdam, 1000, Nederland
• Barbara Marqaretha Schepers (0), Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Schaefers (34), Maastricht
• Aaltje (sybes) Schaap (82), Joure
• Arnolda Johanna Helmenk (51), Warnsveld
• Antonius Hendrikus Wennekes (0), 's-Heerenberg, Nederland
• Andreas Hubertus Geelen (2), Heer
• Arnolda Johanna Helmink (51), Warnsveld (Zutphen)
• Antonia Wilhelmina Zeegers (49), Rotterdam, Nederland

• 1909 » Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author († 1942)
• 1910 » Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist († 1998)
• 1910 » Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor († 1978)
• 1912 » Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer († 1993)
• 1913 » Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet († 1986)
• 1915 » Eli Wallach, American actor († 2014)
• 1915 » Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter († 1978)
• 1920 » Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist († 2012)
• 1920 » Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author († 2002)
• 1920 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot († 1944)

• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)

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.
• April 21 » Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
• June 28 » Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo; this is the casus belli of World War I.
• July 11 » USSNevada(BB-36) is launched.
• August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
• October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
• 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 7, 1914 was between 4.4 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 17.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.