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• Antonia Elisabeth Lampe, Mettingen, Pruisen, Duitsland († 1971)
• Arapeta Te Moanaroa (Peta) Collier († 2002)
• C van marion († 1996)
• Anna Maria Petronella Overgaag, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1928)
• Betty Jane SPEYER, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1916)
• Alberta Elisabeth de Jonge, Hagen, NRW, Duitsland († 2015)
• Albert Dornseiff, Menen, 8930, Kortrijk, West Vlaanderen († 1998)
• Albert Middelkoop, Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Arie SCHOOR, van der, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Anton Joseph Maria Sterneberg, Baarn,Gemeente Baarn,Utrecht,Netherlands († 1979)

• Antonia Christina van de Water (52), Schoten (Haarlem)
• Adrianus van Gijzel (45), Tilburg NL
• Anna Maria Catharina Schlechtriem (69), Kerkrade
• Antonia Christina van de Water (52)
• Aaltje van HERK, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Brus (0), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus Brus (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Catharina Schlechtriem (69), Kerkrade (Kerkrade) (Limburg)
• Antonia Christina van de Water (52), Schoten (Haarlem), Noord Holland, Nederland
• Addie Blair (26), Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, United States of America

• 1914 » Baldev Raj Chopra, Indian director and producer († 2008)
• 1914 » Jan de Hartog, Dutch-American author and playwright († 2002)
• 1914 » José Quiñones Gonzales, Peruvian soldier and pilot († 1941)
• 1914 » Michael Wittmann, German SS officer († 1944)
• 1916 » Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and academic († 2013)
• 1916 » Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor († 1999)
• 1917 » Sidney Nolan, Australian painter († 1992)
• 1917 » Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina († 2016)
• 1918 » Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach († 2008)
• 1918 » William Jay Smith, American poet and academic († 2015)

• 1892 » Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (b. 1823)
• 1893 » Chaim Aronson, Lithuanian businessman and author (b. 1825)
• 1894 » Kostas Krystallis, Greek author and poet (b. 1868)
• 1896 » Thomas Meik, English engineer, founded Halcrow Group (b. 1812)
• 1908 » Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish-English merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1836)
• 1925 » André Caplet, French composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1929 » Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (b. 1848)
• 1932 » Ferenc Oslay, Hungarian-Slovene historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1933 » Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Nikolaos Roussen, Greek captain (b. 1913)

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 27 » Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.
• February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• August 16 » The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
• August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
• November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
• 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 April 22, 1916 was between 5.9 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 10.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.