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• ADRIANUS VAN DER KOOIJ, VLAARDINGEN († 2005)
• Antonius Theodorus Hartman, Aalten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andrew Cramer Bornemann, Salatiga, Midden-Java, Nederlands-Indië (nu: Indonesië)
• Antonie Johannes van der Reijden, Leiden
• Aleida Johanna Schipper, Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2003)
• Aaltje van der Pruik, Schagen († 1934)
• Alida Jacoba Wantzing, Amsterdam
• Aaltje PRUIK, van DER († 1934)
• Anje Blaauw, Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Henricus van Dungen, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Aleida Jonker (59), Apeldoorn
• Adriana Snoeren (21), Oosterhout
• Anna Maria Rijvers (75), Tegelen
• Agnes Maria Jozefina Cordewener (0), Heerlen
• Adrianus Pieter Ardon (55)
• Antonius Theunisz (0), Maastricht
• Anna Henriette Louise Sillem (68), Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands
• Aaltjen Klumpers (90), Bloemendaal
• Albertus Franciscus RIJNTJES (64), Apeldoorn
• Albertus Franciscus Rijntjes (64), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1910 » Sheila Scott Macintyre, Scottish mathematician († 1960)
• 1910 » Simone Simon, French actress († 2005)
• 1911 » Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1913 » Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer and club owner († 2013)
• 1915 » Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman († 2000)
• 1916 » Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist († 1982)
• 1916 » Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator († 2009)
• 1917 » Dorian Leigh, American model († 2008)
• 1917 » Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1918 » Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter († 2009)

• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)

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.
• June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
• July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
• 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 28 » World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
• August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
• November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.

The temperature on April 23, 1914 was between 1.4 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.