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• Adriana Cornelia De Graaf, Etten en Leur, 4741, Nederland († 1995)
• Bertha Whitlock, South Carolina, United States of America († 1936)
• Christina Hilchina Luth, Zuidhorn, Groningen, The Netherlands († 2006)
• Angèle SEGERS, Sint-Kwintens-Lennik,1750,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 2015)
• Bertus van Heumen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Adriana Nerings, Loon op Zand († 1995)
• Adriana Catharina P. van der horst, fijnaart († 1996)
• B²rge Buhl Pedersen, Nisset, Lemming sogn, Viborg amt († 1988)
• Bernard John Reinhart, Brimfield, Peoria, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Cornelia, Johanna Heuser, Rotterdam († 1918)

• Angelique Maria Hoek (68), Hilversum
• Angelique Marie Hoek (68), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Wisse (39), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Adriaan Wisse (39), Gemeente Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana Christina Verraes (49), Bergen op Zoom
• Mary (79), Bottisham Lode, Cambridgeshire, England
• Amelia Coletta SEGERS (1), Schilde,2970,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Antje Staphorsius (78), Marssum
• Angelique Marie Hoek (68), Hilversum,Gemeente Hilversum,North Holland,Netherlands
• Alida Moleman (78), Aalsmeer

• 1911 » Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic († 1979)
• 1914 » Irving Fine, American composer and academic († 1962)
• 1918 » Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence († 2000)
• 1919 » Charles Lynch, Canadian journalist and author († 1994)
• 1921 » John Doar, American lawyer and activist († 2014)
• 1921 » Phyllis Curtin, American soprano and academic († 2016)
• 1922 » Eli Mandel, Canadian poet, critic, and academic († 1992)
• 1922 » Len Lesser, American actor († 2011)
• 1922 » Sven Nykvist, Swedish director and cinematographer († 2006)
• 1923 » Trevor Bailey, English cricketer and sportscaster († 2011)

• 1902 » Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 » David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
• 1912 » Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)
• 1917 » Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (b. 1879)
• 1919 » Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (b. 1841)
• 1928 » Ezra Meeker, American farmer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1934 » Charles James O'Donnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1849)
• 1935 » Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)
• 1937 » William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1861)

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 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
• February 24 » The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
• February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• August 28 » World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
• September 7 » US federal employees win the right to Workers' compensation by Federal Employers Liability Act (39 Stat. 742; 5 U.S.C. 751)
• 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 temperature on December 3, 1916 was between 0.4 °C and 2.8 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.