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• Bouchien Gerhardina Jager, Meeden († 1998)
• Adriaan Gerritsz Smit, unbekannt († 1992)
• Annij Engelen († 1983)
• Anthonius Arnoldus van Eijk, Ter Aar (Papenveer) († 1992)
• Adriana Maaike Beatrix Menkhorst, Rotterdam († 2008)
• Betty M Robbins, Waynesboro, Augusta, Virginia († 1977)
• Bouchien Gerhardina JAGER, Meeden, Groningen, Nederland († 1998)
• Catharina Petronella Ernest, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Antoni Beekhuis, Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Antje Elzinga, Surhuizum, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 1988)

• Jan Gerrit Rokers, Rotterdam
• Anna Versteeg (57), Amersfoort
• Adriana BEKS (2), Strijen (NL/ZH)
• Anna Niehof (79), Borne
• Antonius Aloysius Hamers (76), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthonij Johannes Degens (43), schiedam (zuid holland)
• Arend Pronk (88), Veendam
• Arendje Veenhuis (6), Norgervaart, Norg, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alida Grewel (31), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Petronella Brederode (46), Wassenaar aangifte

• 1915 » Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat († 2000)
• 1916 » Gino Bianco, Brazilian racing driver († 1984)
• 1916 » Marcel Cerdan, French boxer († 1949)
• 1921 » William Roth, American lawyer and politician († 2003)
• 1923 » Bob Dole, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
• 1923 » César Fernández Ardavín, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1924 » Margaret Whiting, American singer († 2011)
• 1925 » Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic († 2013)
• 1925 » Joseph Sargent, American actor, director, and producer († 2014)
• 1926 » Bryan Forbes, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 2013)

• 1908 » Randal Cremer, English politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828)
• 1915 » Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer and inventor, developed Standard time (b. 1827)
• 1916 » James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (b. 1849)
• 1918 » Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (b. 1898)
• 1920 » William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman and horse breeder (b. 1849)
• 1922 » Jōkichi Takamine, Japanese-American chemist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1932 » Errico Malatesta, Italian activist and author (b. 1853)
• 1932 » Flo Ziegfeld, American actor and producer (b. 1867)
• 1932 » J. Meade Falkner, English author and poet (b. 1858)
• 1932 » Reginald Fessenden, Canadian inventor and academic (b. 1866)

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 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
• January 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
• February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
• May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.

The temperature on July 22, 1920 was between 14.1 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.