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• Augusta William Young († 2002)
• Antonius Gerardus Tervoort, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Anna Geertruida (Johanns) Sulmann, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1996)
• Callissus Adolf Hemmen, Laudermarke Vlagtwedde († 1973)
• Adriaan Jan Verhagen, Rotterdam († 1941)
• Arend Roggema, Assen, NL-DR († 1982)
• Barend Sluis, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• van EEUWIJK, Driel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1919)
• Van Johnson, Crete, Saline Co.Nebraska († 1992)
• Anna Mae Voisin, Houma, Terrebonne, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 2005)

• Anna Maria van den Elsen (80), Berghem
• Adriana Jacomina Jansen van Rosendaal (16), Schoondijke (Sluis), Zeeland, Nederland
• * Lambardus van Zessen (63), Schoonhoven
• Antonetta Jorissen (0), Vliermaalroot, België
• Adrianus Meesters (68), Vlijmen
• Antonius Maria Tielemans, Boekel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Dourlein (76), Vrouwenpolder
• Adriana Gijbers (85), Schiedam
• Alphonse De Pril (24), De Panne
• Albert Adolf Herst (46), Bandjarnegara (Banjoemas)

• 1913 » Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler († 2007)
• 1916 » Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer († 1989)
• 1916 » Robert Parrish, American actor and director († 1995)
• 1920 » William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence († 1996)
• 1924 » Marianne Werner, German shot putter
• 1925 » Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician († 2003)
• 1927 » Barbara Rush, American actress
• 1927 » Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1929 » Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician († 2015)
• 1930 » Sorrell Booke, American actor and director († 1994)

• 1910 » Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
• 1912 » Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)
• 1919 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
• 1927 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
• 1931 » Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878)

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.
• May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
• June 15 » John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
• June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
• July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
• October 16 » Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party.
• November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)

The temperature on January 4, 1919 was between 5.0 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.