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• Berend Fikse, Oldebroek, Nederland († 1916)
• Anna Maria Manders, Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2012)
• Diewerke Paulina Baar, Uithuizen († 1944)
• Bauke Salverda, Makkum († 1992)
• Cornelia Petronella Hereijgers, Ginneken en Bavel († 2001)
• Berend de Vries, Schuinesloot († 2004)
• Adrianus de Keijzer, Sint-Michielsgestel († 1977)
• Arie Pieter van der Toorn, den Haag († 1923)
• Catharina Mors, Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1922)
• Diewerke Paulina Baar, Uithuizen, Nederland († 1944)

• Aaltje Berkhof (64), Baarn (Utrecht)
• Anna Maria Catharina VOGT (78), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida MONTIJN (84), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Pieters Hazenberg (68), Achtkarspelen
• Albert Huisman (0), Leiden
• Amelia Jennison (59), Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Boeve (70), Zalk
• Anna Elizabeth Criddle (born Brooks) (57), Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States
• Albert de Graaf (Graav) (86)
• Anna Catharina Ringenberg (91), Amsterdam

• 1912 » George O'Hanlon, American actor and screenwriter († 1989)
• 1914 » Donald Nixon, American businessman († 1987)
• 1914 » Wilson Tucker, American projectionist and author († 2006)
• 1915 » Anne Burns, British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot († 2001)
• 1915 » John Dehner, American actor († 1992)
• 1915 » Marc Simont, French-American illustrator († 2013)
• 1916 » Michael Gough, Malaysian-English actor († 2011)
• 1916 » P. K. Page, English-Canadian author and poet († 2010)
• 1920 » Paul Celan, Romanian-French poet and translator († 1970)
• 1921 » Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor († 1960)

• 1890 » William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)
• 1899 » Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded White Star Line (b. 1837)
• 1905 » John Burdon-Sanderson, English physiologist and academic (b. 1828)
• 1910 » Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician and murderer (b. 1862)
• 1927 » Miguel Pro, Mexican priest and martyr (b. 1891)
• 1934 » Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
• 1937 » George Albert Boulenger, Belgian-English zoologist and botanist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Jagadish Chandra Bose, Bangladeshi-Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (b. 1858)
• 1937 » Miklós Kovács, Hungarian-Slovene cantor and poet (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1867)

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.
• February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
• February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
• April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
• June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
• August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
• December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

The temperature on November 23, 1916 was between 2.7 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.