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• Antonius Albertus Smits, Deventer
• Bernardina Johanna Gloudemans, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• Audrey Alvera Minnie Bergmann, Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri († 1995)
• André Aloijsius Vleghels, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2014)
• Alice Marie Antoine Termonia, Anderlecht, België († 1921)
• Alida (Alie) IJzerman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Anne Tjerks Feenstra, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1992)
• Bernardus Jozef Besten, Hellendoorn († 1997)
• Carel Bussink, Stad Doetinchem († 1975)
• Cai Huan Li († 1984)

• Antonius van de Kimmenade (68), Stiphout
• Antonetta Cornelia Horn (81), Amsterdam (NH, NLD)
• Abraham van Biene (79), Oosterhout, Nederland
• Antje Baukes Boersma (72), Irnsum, Rauwerderhem, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Sjoerds De Boer (90), Sneek Friesland Nederland
• Albertus Korten (80), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Andreas Johannes Martinus Maas (12), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Aleida Johanna Jonkers (64), Apeldoorn
• Adriana van der Kruijs (70), Zesgehuchten,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaantje Hoogerheide (67), Rotterdam

• 1916 » Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor († 1964)
• 1916 » Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2004)
• 1916 » Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Governor of Pernambuco († 2005)
• 1917 » Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer († 2005)
• 1918 » Chihiro Iwasaki, Japanese painter and illustrator († 1974)
• 1918 » Jeff Chandler, American actor († 1961)
• 1919 » Max Yasgur, American dairy farmer and host of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair († 1973)
• 1920 » Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar († 2013)
• 1920 » Kurt Schaffenberger, German-American sergeant and illustrator († 2002)
• 1921 » Alan Freed, American radio host († 1965)

• 1878 » Alfred Bird, English chemist and businessman, invented baking powder (b. 1811)
• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)

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 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
• April 10 » Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
• June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
• September 10 » Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
• October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
• December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on December 15, 1919 was between -2.5 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.