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• Catharina Ballina Maria Veenboer, Amsterdam, NH. NL († 1999)
• Bernard Eilders, Cleves, Hardin, Iowa, United States († 1992)
• Anna Hendrika Wilhelmina van Waeterschoodt, Batavia (Ned. Indië) († 2006)
• Anna Maria (Anne Marie) Rooyen, Koln, Duitsland († 2000)
• Antoon Zeven (Wouters), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Barend Spijker, Kampen († 1998)
• Benjamin J "Bennie" Woodruff ****, Sheridan, Hamilton, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Catharina Bakker, amsterdam, Nederland († 1977)
• Alida Broers, Den Helder († 1918)
• Anna Lans, Oud-Vroenhoven († 2008)

• Antonius Huneker (32), Haarlem
• Bastiaan Willem Otto Lukwel (81), Den Haag
• Aplonia van den Hoek (62), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland
• Barend Schouten (76), Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Bergsma (78), Emmen
• Antje Otten (31), Utrecht
• Aaltje BERGSMA (78), Emmen
• Adrianus Donatus van Riel (0), Tilburg
• Ane Willem Eschauzier (45), op zee
• Baltus Wilhelmus Martinus Rijnhout (41), Utrecht

• 1912 » Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer († 1982)
• 1913 » Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician, author, and academic († 1975)
• 1913 » John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 1985)
• 1913 » Roy Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1914 » Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher († 1995)
• 1914 » Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health († 1990)
• 1915 » Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach († 1973)
• 1916 » Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier († 1998)
• 1919 » Paul Bogart, American director and producer († 2012)
• 1920 » Ralph Meeker, American actor († 1988)

• 1899 » Garret Hobart, American lawyer and politician, 24th Vice President of the United States (b. 1844)
• 1907 » Harry Boyle, Australian cricketer (b. 1847)
• 1907 » Paula Modersohn-Becker, German painter (b. 1876)
• 1908 » Carl Friedrich Schmidt, German-Russian geologist and botanist (b. 1832)
• 1909 » Peder Severin Krøyer, Norwegian-Danish painter (b. 1851)
• 1916 » Franz Joseph I of Austria (b. 1830)
• 1922 » Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican journalist and activist (b. 1874)
• 1926 » Edward Cummins, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line (b. 1858)
• 1934 » John Scaddan, Australian politician, 10th Premier of Western Australia (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. Geertruida
14. Grietje
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.
• February 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
• April 10 » The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.
• August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
• October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
• November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
• December 30 » Russian mystic and advisor to the Tsar Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin was murdered by a loyalist group led by Prince Felix Yusupov. His frozen, partially-trussed body was discovered in a Moscow river three days later.

The average temperature on November 21, 1916 was 4.1 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.