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• Anna Luttjehuizen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Antonia de Wit, Fijnaart († 1917)
• Andries Mulderij, Hoogeveen († 1988)
• Agatha Margaretha Seijsener, Noordwijkerhout († 1998)
• Bartholomeus Wilhelmus Roos, Gouda († 1967)
• Calvin Morrison Vandercook († 1920)
• Antoinette Gerharda Schulte, Avereest,, Overijssel, Nederland († 1931)
• Antonius Cornelis Voesenek, Breda, Noord-Brabant Nederland († 1979)
• Akke Bos, Utrecht, Nederland († 1983)
• Anna Elisabeth Huberdina Hendrickx, Tilburg († 1981)

• Alida Maria Lancee (53), Broek op L'dijk
• Albert van Bergen (78), Paterswolde
• Alida Maria Johannesdr Lancee (53), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Aaltjen Mennink (69), Warnsveld
• Anthonie Luijendijk (71), Delft, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Alida van Appeldoorn (48), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta Gerardina van der Veen (49), Haarlem
• Albert Visscher (78), Nijeveen
• Adriaan van den NIEUWENHUIJZEN (79), Oudenbosch (N-B)
• Alida van Appeldoorn (48), Delft

• 1912 » Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 1988)
• 1913 » Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer († 1978)
• 1914 » Claude Renoir, French cinematographer († 1993)
• 1914 » Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor († 1995)
• 1915 » Eddie Heywood, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1916 » Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author († 1994)
• 1919 » I. K. Gujral, Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India († 2012)
• 1920 » Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG († 2013)
• 1920 » Michael Bates, English actor († 1978)
• 1920 » Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect († 2013)

• 1893 » John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 » Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 » Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 » Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 » Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)

• 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.
• January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
• July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• August 17 » World War I: Romania signs a secret treaty with the Entente Powers. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side.
• 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.
• December 29 » A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was first published as a book by an American publishing house B. W. Huebschis after it had been serialized in The Egoist (1914–15).
• December 30 » The last coronation in Hungary is performed for King Charles IV and Queen Zita.

The temperature on December 4, 1916 was between 0.3 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.