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• Adriana Gerardina Balvers, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1914)
• Anje Edens, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland
• Andriesje Hendrika Presburg, Rotterdam
• Arie Guijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Albertus Jacobus Uphoff, Leiden
• Antonius Christiaan Coenen, Hengelo († 1914)
• Aaltien Ottens
• Aart Willem Jacobus van Kerkwijk, Amsterdam
• Alida Anthonia verhoeff, Udenhout († 1997)
• Antonius Johannes Cornelis van der Heijden, Tilburg († 1990)

• Adminter Julia Baker (57), Gates, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Anna C.C. Ba(e)ten (0), Steenbergen
• Barend van den van den Anker (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Baukjen Tjipkjes (Tjepkes) Sybes (81), Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland
• Barendina Cornelia Clara Vermaat (0), Bergen op Zoom
• Abram A. Post (69)
• Anna Oreel (40), Middelburg
• Adriana van Boxtel (73), 's-Hertogenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne BOUTREUX (71), Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
• Arie Taal (0), Scheveningen ('s-Gravenhage)

• 1908 » William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia († 1988)
• 1915 » Jon Hall, American actor and director († 1979)
• 1915 » Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot († 2007)
• 1919 » Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager († 1995)
• 1920 » Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2018)
• 1923 » Clarence D. Lester, African-American fighter pilot (d.1986)
• 1923 » Dante Lavelli, American football player († 2009)
• 1923 » Harry Clarke, English international footballer, defender († 2000)
• 1923 » Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece († 2016)
• 1923 » Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay († 2014)

• 1897 » Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (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.
• August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
• August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
• August 23 » World War I: Japan declares war on Germany.
• September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
• December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

The temperature on February 23, 1914 was between 1.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.