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• Bernard Asbreuk, Hasselo,Gemeente Hengelo,Overijssel,Nederland († 1990)
• Antoon Mooij, Den Helder († 1971)
• Arie Schaap, Katwijk († 1991)
• Angelina Thissen, Tegelen († 1992)
• Anna Catharina Tempelaars, Amsterdam († 1996)
• Albert van Akker († 2002)
• Anna Scheltus, -Wieringen († 1995)
• Anna Maria Stoffels († 2011)
• Angelina Jacoba (Lien) Thissen († 1992)
• Anna Elisabeth Dobbelaar, Bocholt (D) († 2006)

• adriana elisabeth van DOORN (89), rotterdam
• Adriaan Bijl (0)
• Aartje van Ameijden (54), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anje Brught Ellens (67), Bedum, Groningen, Nederland
• Alexander Mckenzie (69), Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Anna Maria Francisca Vriens (73), Tilburg
• Antje Mensink (71), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonetta Bierie (76), Rotterdam
• Adriana Elizabeth van Doorn (89), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinetta Johanna Theeuwes (57), Oirschot

• 1913 » Harry Locke, English actor († 1987)
• 1913 » Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor († 1996)
• 1913 » Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American composer († 1988)
• 1913 » Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer († 1976)
• 1914 » Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer († 1996)
• 1915 » Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot († 2006)
• 1916 » Walt Arfons, American race car driver († 2013)
• 1918 » Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach († 1995)
• 1918 » Anne Gwynne, American actress († 2003)
• 1919 » Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor († 2008)

• 1896 » Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
• 1909 » Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)
• 1911 » Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
• 1917 » Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
• 1920 » Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)
• 1922 » Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (b. 1852)
• 1926 » Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1845)
• 1928 » Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (b. 1868)
• 1929 » Harry Crosby, American publisher and poet (b. 1898)
• 1932 » Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1857)

• 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 25 » In the Battle of Verdun, a German unit captures Fort Douaumont, keystone of the French defences, without a fight.
• February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
• July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• November 5 » The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
• November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

The temperature on December 10, 1916 was between -0.3 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.