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• Antonius Alders, Velsen († 1916)
• Arie de Weerd, Asperen († 2000)
• Aleida Geertruida Nolte († 1991)
• Antonia van Hoof, Valkenswaard († 1991)
• Antje Clasina Johanna Vroon, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1919)
• (Theo) Theodorus van der Kracht, Rheden († 1998)
• Alvin Otto Albert Zeidler, Albion Township († 1965)
• de Visser, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe († 1916)
• Agatha Maas, Oudeschild (Texel, NH) († 1946)
• Anton van Rijn, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2005)

• Apolonia Littooij (71), Klundert, 4791, Nederland
• Adriaan Sonke (52), Wemeldinge
• Arie Bronmeijer (73)
• Berber Gerrits Steindam (51), Bergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Bakker (42), Den Helder
• Alida van den Eijkel (1), Rijnsburg
• Aaltjen van de Pol(L) (30), vorden
• Albertus de Ruiter (49), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Bastiaan van Vooren (88), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Lisa Ersdotter (82), Frostviken (Z), Håkafot, Jämtland, Zweden

• 1911 » Jack Keller, American hurdler († 1978)
• 1915 » Simo Puupponen, Finnish writer († 1967)
• 1918 » Augusta Dabney, American actress († 2008)
• 1918 » James Daly, American actor († 1978)
• 1918 » Paul Rudolph, American architect and academic, designed the Lippo Centre († 1997)
• 1919 » Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic († 1992)
• 1920 » Bob Montana, American illustrator († 1975)
• 1920 » Gianni Rodari, Italian writer († 1980)
• 1920 » Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic († 1998)
• 1920 » Vern Stephens, American baseball player († 1968)

• 1893 » Alexander of Battenberg (b. 1857)
• 1910 » Chulalongkorn, Thai king (b. 1853)
• 1915 » W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (b. 1848)
• 1916 » Richard McFadden, Scottish footballer and soldier (b. 1889)
• 1917 » Eugène Grasset, Swiss illustrator (b. 1845)
• 1921 » John Boyd Dunlop, Scottish businessman, founded Dunlop Rubber (b. 1840)
• 1935 » Charles Demuth, American painter and educator (b. 1883)
• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Albert
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Wilhelmus
14. Gerardus
15. Dirk
16. Marinus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Grietje
14. Geertruida
15. Helena
16. Neeltje

• 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 6.4 million citizens.
• May 31 » World War I: Battle of Jutland: The British Grand Fleet engages the High Seas Fleet in the largest naval battle of the war, which proves indecisive.
• June 4 » World War I: Russia opens the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia.
• August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
• September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
• November 1 » In Russia, Pavel Milyukov delivers in the State Duma the famous "stupidity or treason" speech, precipitating the downfall of the government of Boris Stürmer.
• December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.

The temperature on October 23, 1916 was between 0.4 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.