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• Anna Petronella Maria Janssen, Honselersdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Alida Catharina Wakker, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Aaltje Vriesema, Surhuisterveen († 1994)
• Abraham Noorlander, Bodegraven († 1916)
• Antonia Adriana Teurlings, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Albert Enserink, Eefde
• Antonie Cornelis de Leeuw, Dorpstraat 1, Schoonrewoerd, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1917)
• den Hoed, Ridderkerk († 1916)
• Sebregts, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1991)
• Ariaantje Bouwmeester, Steenwijk († 2007)

• Antonius Kouters (0), Besoijen
• Bernhard HASSELER (83), Chicago IL
• Arendje Vinke (75), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bessie J Huggins (35)
• Antonie WITVLIET Jzn (60), US
• Benjamin Arp (71), Ballplay, Monroe, Tennessee, United States
• Albert Alberts Kattouw (85), Hoogeveen
• Albertus Beuwer (87), Raalte, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alberic Achille Baudry (49), Orléans, 45000, France
• Arnoldus Jacobus van der Hoeven (0), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1910 » Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist († 1998)
• 1910 » Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor († 1978)
• 1912 » Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer († 1993)
• 1913 » Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet († 1986)
• 1915 » Eli Wallach, American actor († 2014)
• 1915 » Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter († 1978)
• 1920 » Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist († 2012)
• 1920 » Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author († 2002)
• 1920 » Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot († 1944)
• 1921 » Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar († 2016)

• 1891 » Arthur Blyth, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823)
• 1894 » Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 » Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 » Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 » Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1918 » Frank Wilson, English-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Attack on Pearl Harbor:
• 1947 » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)

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.
• April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
• June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
• July 22 » Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
• August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
• August 28 » World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
• November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.

The temperature on December 7, 1916 was between -0.5 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.