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• Christina Berends, Bellingwolde, Bellingwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1969)
• August (Gust) Engelen, Diest 3290(Belgie) († 1983)
• Annigje Padding, Hoogeveen,, Drenthe, Nederland († 1999)
• Antje Adriana van den Hoek, Zegwaard († 1977)
• Catharina de Bodt, dussen (noord brabant) († 1922)
• August Engelen, Diest, 3290, België († 1983)
• Beatrice Landgraf, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Anna Castelein, Huns, Baarderadiel, Friesland, Nederland († 2016)
• Albert Charles O'Connell, Creston, Union County, Iowa († 1989)
• Bintje Tabak, Harkema-Opeinde, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland († 2017)

• Afke Atzes Bergsma (93)
• Anna Maria Terken (73), Tilburg
• Alberdina Kruiter (73), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aletta van Hilten (61), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catrina Watermulder (66), Muntendam
• Adriana Kluit (37), Rotterdam
• Jelle Dooper
• Antje~Willemsdr Blokker (68), Broek op L'dijk
• antoine chassaing (75), Ambrugeat,19250,Corrèze,Limousin,FRANCE,Village de Laubard
• Anna Maria Hoek (85), Delft

• 1920 » Clement Isong, Nigerian banker and politician, Governor of Cross River State († 2000)
• 1920 » Frances Ames, South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist († 2002)
• 1920 » John Paul Stevens, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States († 2019)
• 1920 » Ronald Speirs, American colonel († 2007)
• 1923 » Irene Lieblich, Polish-American painter and illustrator († 2008)
• 1923 » Mother Angelica, American nun and broadcaster, founded Eternal Word Television Network († 2016)
• 1923 » Tito Puente, American drummer and producer († 2000)
• 1924 » Guy Rocher, Canadian sociologist and academic
• 1924 » Leslie Phillips, English actor and producer
• 1924 » Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress († 2008)

• 1902 » Joaquim de Sousa Andrade, Brazilian poet and educator (b. 1833)
• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1935 » John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)

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. Gerardus
15. Antonius
16. Hendrikus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
• February 8 » United States President Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio set in the White House.
• April 20 » The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
• June 30 » In Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado sign the Hughes–Peynado agreement, which ends the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.
• August 2 » A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
• September 9 » The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
• October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.

The temperature on April 20, 1922 was between 0.1 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.