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• Antje Barendregt, Rhoon, Nederland († 2008)
• Albertine Helena Eugenia VERHEYEN, Hoboken,2660,Antwerpen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie († 2009)
• Arlene Bertha Planert, Morrison, Brown, Wisconsin, 54126, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Anna van den Aker, Esch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Haverkate, Hengelo († 1916)
• Albertus Maria Werner, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Adrianus Krouwel († 1995)
• August William Wingerter, Biehle, Perry, Missouri, The United States of America († 2003)
• Antonius Leijden van, Cromvoirt
• Agnes Sophia Thielemann, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States († 1985)

• Aalbert Lindemans (1), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Bruin (68), den Helder, prov. Noord Holland
• Bart van IJzendoorn (63), Lienden
• Anna Hamstra (38), Harderwijk
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Hulsbosch (50), Gerdingen
• Antony Nicholson (65), Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Aafke Breed (60), Amsterdam
• Annigje MOLENDIJK (68), Dordrecht
• Antonius Leenders (44), Stiphout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Steenhuis (1), Nieuwolda

• 1910 » Eknath Easwaran, Indian-American educator and author († 1999)
• 1910 » Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player († 1988)
• 1912 » Edward Short, Baron Glenamara, English captain and politician, Lord President of the Council († 2012)
• 1913 » Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins († 1967)
• 1914 » Fernando Alonso, Cuban ballet dancer, co-founded the Cuban National Ballet († 2013)
• 1914 » Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer († 2005)
• 1916 » Penelope Fitzgerald, English author and poet († 2000)
• 1917 » Kenneth Dike, Nigerian historian, author, and academic († 1983)
• 1920 » Kenneth E. Iverson, Canadian computer scientist, developed the APL programming language († 2004)
• 1921 » Lore Berger, German-Swiss author and translator († 1943)

• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)
• 1909 » Leopold II of Belgium (b. 1835)
• 1917 » Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and activist (b. 1836)
• 1927 » Rajendra Lahiri, Indian activist (b. 1892)
• 1928 » Frank Rinehart, American photographer (b. 1861)
• 1929 » Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (b. 1863)
• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)

• 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 6.3 million citizens.
• January 13 » The 6.7 M_w  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
• January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
• January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
• July 1 » Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of the then-named German Deutsches Heer's Fliegertruppe army air service achieves the first known aerial victory with a synchronized machine-gun armed fighter plane, the Fokker M.5K/MG Eindecker.
• July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
• August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

The temperature on December 17, 1915 was between 1.2 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.