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• Aartje de Kleine, Niebert, Groningen, Nederland († 1967)
• Adrianus Johannes Korpel, Schiedam († 1993)
• Aart Simon Andeweg, Zuid-Beijerland, Nederland († 1987)
• Bertus Aalssema, Grootegast, Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland († 1955)
• Antonia Elisabeth Egberts, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1915)
• Aldegonda Maria Clasina de Kok, Tilburg († 2003)
• Aaltje Mulderij, Apeldoorn († 2011)
• Bernardus Welte, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1918)
• Alfred James Salisbury († 1987)
• Carolina Petronella Christina van den Beuken, Helden († 2012)

• Aaltje Kuiken (50), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius de Groot (66), Zoeterwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Van Lancker (19), Zwijnaarde
• Aantje Jansdr van der Hee (64), Rotterdam
• Wijers (0), Utrecht, Nederland
• Abraham Kempes (79), Aegwirden
• Anthonie Antonius de Groot (66), Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland
• Allegonda van Waardenburg (77), IJsselstein
• Bartholomeus Raven (0), Blaricum
• Arie de Bode, Capelle aan den IJssel

• 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. Albert
10. Adrianus
11. Jacobus
12. Jacob
13. Antonius
14. Wilhelmus
15. Arie
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Grietje
14. Neeltje
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 6.3 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 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
• January 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
• January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
• July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
• October 12 » World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium

The temperature on December 7, 1915 was between 7.3 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.