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• Aaltje Vos, Odoorn († 2002)
• Anna Barbara Heiligers, Melick en Herkenbosch,, Limburg, Nederland († 1982)
• Bastiaan Beversluis († 1947)
• Antonius, Paulus van Tichelen, Borgerhout († 1920)
• Carolina Maria Quax, Heerlen († 1962)
• Anna Henriette Fischer († 2002)
• Adrianus Blans, Doorn, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1998)
• Antonetta van de Meerakker, Waalre († 2009)
• Adriana Arnolda Wilhelmina van den Bosch, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Caroline Vermeulen, Clinge(NL) († 2015)

• Anthonia Smit (84), HIILEGERSBERG (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Tielen (83), Gilze, Nederland
• Aart Mulder (66), Gemeente Hattem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antoinette Catharina Antonia Neumann (21), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Nol (63), 's Gravenzande
• Aaron C. Mock (79), Bedford County, Pennsylvania
• ADELIA Alvina Gensmer GGM (34), Rollingstone, Winona, Minnesota
• Antonij Boomkamp (68), Weerselo
• Ram (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andries Hendrik Moolhuijzen (45), Rotterdam

• 1913 » Ellen Albertini Dow, American actress († 2015)
• 1914 » Eddie Chapman, English spy († 1997)
• 1915 » Jean Fritz, Chinese-American author († 2017)
• 1916 » Al Lucas, Canadian-American bassist († 1983)
• 1916 » Daws Butler, American voice actor and singer († 1988)
• 1916 » Harold Baigent, New Zealand actor and director († 1996)
• 1922 » Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer († 2015)
• 1922 » José Saramago, Portuguese novelist († 2010)
• 1924 » Mel Patton, American sprinter and coach († 2014)
• 1924 » Sam Farber, American businessman († 2013)

• 1903 » Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1895)
• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)

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

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

• 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 6.8 million citizens.
• January 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
• March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
• June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
• July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
• July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
• October 25 » After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.

The temperature on November 16, 1920 was between 5.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.