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• Anna Parlevliet, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Egbert Olde, Hoogeveen († 1927)
• Alphonse Joseph Grégoire Keppenne, Susteren, Provincie Limburg, Nederland († 1978)
• Aloisius Hubertus Hoex, Sevenum († 1994)
• Albertje Iden († 1999)
• Adrianus Heeren, Rucphen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1920)
• Antonia Waijenberg, Apeldoorn,Gemeente Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Anthonius Bernardus van der Wardt, Eemnes († 1971)
• Aartje van Ewijk, Tiel (NL) († 1961)
• Anna Maria Helena Huntjens, Cadier en Keer,, Limburg, Nederland († 2009)

• Antje Nieuweboer (5), Sijbekarspel
• Abby Jane Denike **** (81), Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Aaldert Vos (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andrew Jackson Simpson (81), Shelby, Kentucky
• Adam Johan Albert Schüller (51), Gilze en Rijen
• Anna Katharina Breidenbach (68), Bergisch Gladbach Reuterstr.104
• Anna Cornelia de Laat (58), Moergestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Hendrik Boeren (28), Sliedrecht
• Andries Frenkel (5), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Smeerdijk (76), Sloten, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1917 » Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer († 2016)
• 1918 » Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient († 2000)
• 1918 » Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer († 1997)
• 1919 » Carole Landis, American actress († 1948)
• 1919 » J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author († 2010)
• 1919 » Rocky Graziano, American boxer and actor († 1990)
• 1920 » Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist († 2007)
• 1921 » César Baldaccini, French sculptor and academic († 1998)
• 1921 » Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic († 1986)
• 1921 » Regina Bianchi, Italian actress († 2013)

• 1894 » Heinrich Hertz, German physicist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1896 » Alfred Ely Beach, American publisher and lawyer, created the Beach Pneumatic Transit (b. 1826)
• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Gerardus
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Albert
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
16. Alida

• 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
• May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
• June 2 » Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
• September 22 » The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
• October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
• December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)

The temperature on January 1, 1919 was between -2.3 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.