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• Christina Johanna (Christina) Vedder, Huissen († 1982)
• Arie van der Zwan, 's-Gravenhage († 1985)
• Bart Kok († 2010)
• Cornelia Bastiana Kranendonk, Rotterdam († 2002)
• Cornelia Maria KUYVENHOVEN, De Lier Zuid-Holland Netherlands († 2000)
• Anthonia Catharina Sandberg, Diepenveen († 2006)
• Adrianus van 't Hart, Beesd, Gelderland, Nederland († 1956)
• Alice Rose Speed Brummitt [[sKsFgCorinthBNCBu]]7, Granville County, North Carolina op († 2005)
• Antoinette Schoutrop, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 1916)
• Carla Maria Lindhout, Ambarawa, Indonesië († 1918)

• ADRIANUS MOERMAN (70), ROTTERDAM
• Aaltje Dekker (82), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Albert Johannes van Beest (76), Rotterdam
• Antheunis Janse (83), Oostkapelle, Zeeland, Nederland
• Afiena Margaretha BÖDEKER (70), Nieuwe Pekela Groningen Netherlands
• Adriana Straub (1), Utrecht
• Adriana Straub (0), Utrecht
• Antje Iwema (68), Groningen
• Aale Waaijing (55), Esche, Veldhausen, Bentheim, Niedersachsen, Deutschland
• Bastiaan Salij (76), IJsselmonde

• 1911 » Ronald Neame, English-American director, cinematographer, producer, and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1913 » Diosa Costello, Puerto Rican-American entertainer, producer and club owner († 2013)
• 1915 » Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman († 2000)
• 1916 » Sinah Estelle Kelley, American chemist († 1982)
• 1916 » Yiannis Moralis, Greek painter and educator († 2009)
• 1917 » Dorian Leigh, American model († 2008)
• 1917 » Tony Lupien, American baseball player and coach († 2004)
• 1918 » Maurice Druon, French author and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1919 » Oleg Penkovsky, Russian colonel († 1963)
• 1920 » Eric Grant Yarrow, 3rd Baronet, English businessman († 2018)

• 1889 » Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author and critic (b. 1808)
• 1895 » Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
• 1905 » Gédéon Ouimet, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1823)
• 1907 » Alferd Packer, American prospector (b. 1842)
• 1915 » Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)

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.
• January 27 » World War I: The British government passed a legislation that introduced conscription in the United Kingdom.
• May 10 » Sailing in the lifeboat James Caird, Ernest Shackleton arrives at South Georgia after a journey of 800 nautical miles from Elephant Island.
• July 19 » World War I: Battle of Fromelles: British and Australian troops attack German trenches as part of the Battle of the Somme.
• November 13 » World War I: Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
• 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.
• November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.

The temperature on April 23, 1916 was between 3.5 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.